Re: Putting a bunch of jpg files on an mm document - too slow

[Damian McGuckin]

On Sun, 2 Jun 2024, Blake McBride wrote:

> I have a bunch of jpg files I need to put into an mm file.  The way I am
> doing it right now is:
>
> 1. convert jpg files to ps files using:  convert pic.jpg pic.ps
> 2. Include the pics in the mm file using:  .PSPIC pic.ps 4in
> 3. Run groff:   groff -mm file.mm >file.ps
> 4. Convert the file to a PDF file with:  ps2pdf file.ps file.pdf
>
> It works. The problem is that stem #4 takes a long time.  Sometimes more
> than five minutes!

Did you try

        groff -mm -Tpdf file.mm > file.pdf

What is your CPU?

What is the resolution of the JPG files?

- Damian