The Logfile

This file has been appraised some times already in this manual. Should you work with a harddisk (which is recommended anyway), you should abandon the option <#485#>-l<#485#>, which switches off the logfile. The speed loss of setting the logfile up is so minimal, that the potential use of it surmounts at all times.

The logfile is opened in the directory, in which ShowDVI<#486#><#486#> was started, it's name is ``showdvi.log''.

What information does this logfile contain? On one hand warnings like: <#487#>;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;-- <#487#> configuration file not found, predefined font/fontlibraries not found and erroneous DVI files. Information like: <#488#>;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;-- <#488#> what fonts were loaded, how much the font memory was stressed, which DVI file was loaded and - with the <#489#>-s<#489#> option set - general statistics about the DVI file and especially about the font-definition file. There, then for example it is indicated, where the particular fonts can be found. And lastly error messages, which caused the ShowDVI<#490#><#490#> program to terminate its activities.