Re: [MiKTeX] increasing number of \dimen registers in eTeX ??

[Hans F. N. <ha...@mi...>]

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Cornelius C. Noack wrote:

> I have some tasks (setting music) with very heavy demand on the number
> of TeX registers, and consequently I get error messages of the kind:
>
>         "no room for a new \dimen " .
>
> I know that in standard TeX the number of \dimen registers is fixed to
> 256, so nothing can be done, but in eTeX? If that can be increased,
> which parameter in calling eTeX in MiKTex is the relevant one? Or do I
> have to run einitex again, with some different parameters? Is this a
> case of "ask a wizard to enlarge me" ? Sorry that I am no TeX wizard ...

AFAIK etex should have the max number of dimens available as default.
Have you tried to compile your file with etex? Does it also run out of
dimens? If so, is it at the same location?

Hans