[Therion] Tex memory exceeded

[Wookey]

On 2007-01-02 11:52 +0100, Martin Budaj wrote:
> > > Therion 0.4.0 automatically creates a scrap containing centreline if
> > > no map is selected in the thconfig file. This scrap can easily exceed
> > > 1 MB in size in large caves (e.g. 4.5 MB for Dead Bats Cave). You may
> > > avoid its creation by selecting any of defined map objects in 'export
> > > map' command.
> >
> > I have selects in my thconfig file:
> > #Map(s) to include in output
> > select toplevelplan at terikan
> > select midlevelplan at terikan
> > select aboveriverplan at terikan
> > select riverlevelplan at terikan
> >
> > which I assume is what you mean by the above?
> 
> yes, if   toplevelplan at terikan and others are maps, not surveys

they are yes. 

> > And the underlying data hasn't changed for months so I don't think this
> > is the problem.
> 
> right, but therion changed from 0.3.10 to 0.4.0 -- the automatic
> generation of scrap with all centreline data is a new feature

OK. But this dataset was being processed quite happily with 0.4.0,
until I added some more cross sections (and some areas). It seems that
either one of these changes made something genuinely too big, or there
was some error introduced which is making tex run out of memory.
 
> > The one thing that seems to make a differnce is base-scale. If i
> > change it from 1:1000 to 1:2000 then the error changes. Now I get:
> >
> ...
> > [329] [330] [331] [332] [333]
> >
> > l_slope->...;exitif.cas>dlzka+0.3u+(krok/3);endfor
> >                                                   ;if(EXPR1)=1:pickup.PenC;d...
> > l.33489 ...2,225.273,33.9682),(3,208.773,33.5305))
> 
> It is some issue with the slope symbol definition in small scale maps
> -- I'll check it. Note that it occurs earlier than the out-of-memory
> problem (line 33489).

Ah, OK. so we may have both :-;

Wookey
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