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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m technical editor for IEEE 802.11REVmb, this is a spec for a wireless LAN protocol, and is current 2,600 pages in length.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The standard is a single book file comprising about 40 .fm files. I’m using Frame 9 on Win 7 64 bit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have had two problems recently with this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Slow operation with large files.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Slow compare operation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The process we go through in IEEE standards is that large chunks of contributory material (called amendments)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>are prepared and approved elsewhere. Then I get to roll in the change. The last two amendments were 400<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and 200 pages in length, consisting of a mixture of straight additional material and marked up changes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Two files in particular have grown a lot recently. One is a 50/50 mix of text and tables. The other is pure text.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They are both about 400 pages in length each. (The source with text/tables is 4MB in length, the other one is 2MB).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recently operations have slowed down. Frame has started running out of memory (screen not rendering properly,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>using a system font instead of proper font) when doing lots of work in the mixed file. Cross-reference operations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(the bane of my life) take forever (i.e., 10s user-interface response to any key, 30s pause after adjusting xref).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have to prepare a “redline” document, which I do by a book compare with a previous release. With these files<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of this length, and a substantial number of operations, this appears to be slowing down. I killed one compare on<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the purely text file after 4 hours of CPU time on a fast desktop machine. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have split these files into 4 chunks, and life has improved a lot. OK, 400 pages is a long file (in terms of could<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I read it before bedtime), but 4MB is not much compared with the memory that frame occupies (200MB) or the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>amount of memory on my machine (2GB).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have others observed this behaviour? Am I missing any tricks in dealing with big files?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adrian P STEPHENS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel: +44 1954 204 609 (office)<br>Tel: +44 792 008 4900 (mobile)<br>Skype: adrian_stephens<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------<br>Intel Corporation (UK) Limited<br>Registered No. 1134945 (England)<br>Registered Office: Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1RJ<br>VAT No: 860 2173 47<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>