I can't build lib.pdf on MacOSX anymore. I tried both a4 and letter. The pdflatex call fails with Error: pdflatex: buffer overflow [125000 bytes] The whole lib.how is attached (if I don't forget to check the checkmark:-). pdflatex -version prints pdfTeX (Web2C 7.3.3.1) 3.14159-0.14h-released-20010417 which seems to be newer than what the README lists as the minimal requirement.
Logged In: YES user_id=3066 TeX systems tend to be a little weird about how memory is allocated. Most current distributions use a semi-static allocation mechanism: Some large buffers are allocated once, and everything happens within those. The sizes are usually configurable using a config file. On my RedHat Linux box, which uses the "teTeX" TeX system, there's a config file: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf This contains the following settings for pdfLaTeX: TEXINPUTS.pdflatex = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{latex,generic,}// main_memory.pdflatex = 1500000 hash_extra.pdflatex = 25000 pool_size.pdflatex = 750000 string_vacancies.pdflatex = 45000 max_strings.pdflatex = 55000 pool_free.pdflatex = 47500 nest_size.pdflatex = 500 param_size.pdflatex = 3000 save_size.pdflatex = 5000 stack_size.pdflatex = 3000 If you can locate the corresponding config file for your system, please check the sizes configured and let me know what differs. I may need to add some documentation about this, mentioning that the Library Reference may take more resources than are typically allocated. Thanks!
Logged In: YES user_id=45365 My texmf.cnf looks completely different. There doesn't seem to be a .pdflatex section, only the one TEXINPUTS line mentions pdflatex. I've attached the file (name set to fink-texmf.cnf), maybe you understand it.
Logged In: YES user_id=3066 Where a setting isn't specified but there is a "base" variable (for example, main_memory is set, but not main_memory.pdflatex), you can add the .pdflatex version if the number is higher in the settings I included. The ".pdflatex" suffix means that that setting applies to pdflatex only; if such a suffixed version isn't set, the bare "base" variable is used.
Logged In: YES user_id=45365 That seems to work. I added the configuration lines to the end of /sw/share/ texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf and everything proceeds smoothly. Could you add a note to the documentation readme file? The "/sw" location is specific to people who have installed the whole TeX circus with fink, but I assume that will be the common case for MacOS users.
