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-# Also generate a PDF book
+# IDEAs
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+## Parallel job processing queue
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+Currently, in order to speed up, Gemtexter forks on certain functions and loops and joins (via `wait`) on the sub-processes. This however can be a problem once a user max process limit is reached.
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+Use s.t. like `pgrep -c -P$$` to determine how many sub-processes are already active and wait for new forks until a lower limit is reached.
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+## Also generate a PDF book
 
 I could use pandoc for this (convert from Markdown to PDF). This works on Fedora Linux 34: