how to speed up the compilation?

[whisperingkahuna]

I am using this template for a 130-page document. It takes approximately one minute to fully compile. Any modifications to make it faster?
below is the output.

Process started: latexmk.exe -xelatex -silent -synctex=1 "main"

Latexmk: Run number 1 of rule 'xelatex'
Latexmk: Run number 2 of rule 'xelatex'
Latexmk: Run number 1 of rule 'xdvipdfmx'
Process exited normally

Regards,

[LogCreative]

There are mainly two directions to make the compilation faster:

• One way is to disable some of the chapters (\input{...}) and compile the shorter document when you are writing. Compile the whole document when you finish it. If you want to keep track of the cross references, use \include{...} instead of \input{...}, refer to LearnLaTeX - Structuring Longer Documents for more details.
• The other way is to really make the compilation faster.
  a) If you use the tikz package for drawing some diagrams, try to pre-compile the diagrams in a standalone document class and use \includegraphics{...} in your thesis. Or try to use externalize tikz package for automated pre-compilation. If you are not using tikz in your thesis, remove the package loading in
  

  SJTUThesis/setup.tex

  Lines 178 to 179 in 864c155

  	\usepackage{tikz}
  	\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, arrows}

  
  b) If you inserted a lot of pictures, try to pass the draft option to the document class. When the writing is finished, remove the option for the final "release".
  

  SJTUThesis/main.tex

  Line 4 in 864c155

  \documentclass[type=master]{sjtuthesis}

  
  c) If you only want to inspect the layout of your thesis, you could manually decrease the number of compilation times. In this way, the cross-references could be wrong but the single-time compilation is still 1/3 of the time.
  d) If you are using Windows, try to use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), you could get a much faster speed thanks to a faster file system.

[whisperingkahuna]

I really appreciate your detailed response.

Some confusion with c and d
How do I decrease the number of compilation times?
I have installed WSL, now, I am wondering what changes should I make in texstudio in order to use WSL during compilation.

Regards,

[LogCreative]

c) means you could just input the command like

xelatex main
biber main
xelatex main
xelatex main

manually, but it is not recommended, since it is not the final result in the intermediate steps.

d) I know that using Visual Studio Code is very convenient, just open up the remote server via a plugin. As for the texstudio, you probably need to search for some solutions.

[whisperingkahuna]

I tried all of these ways, options b seems to be the best option for me.

Thank you for your help