Re: Why searching fonts in xetex is so slow?

[Yue Wang <yuleopen@gmail.com>]

is that normal?

%engine=xetex
\usetypescript[palatino]
\setupbodyfont[palatino]
\starttext
$$\int_0^t$$
\stoptext

uses

(see the transcript file for additional information)
Output written on test.pdf (1 page).
Transcript written on test.log.
TeXUtil | parsing file test.tui
TeXUtil | shortcuts : 169
TeXUtil | expansions: 308
TeXUtil | reductions: 0
TeXUtil | divisions : 0
TeXUtil | loaded files: 1
TeXUtil | temporary files: 0
TeXUtil | commands: 23
TeXUtil | programs: 0
TeXUtil | tuo file saved
TeXExec | runtime: 39.078
>Exit code: 0

(1 run)


On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> Yue Wang wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I use XeTeX, font searching through texmf- tree is very slow.
>> search font through fontconfig is very fast.
>> plain TeX or LaTeX does not have that problem.
>> why is that? anyway to improve it?
>
> afaik xetex perfers to look in the database first and then on the file
> system
>
> context on the other hand prefers to look for a file first
>
> if you don't know what "whatever" stands for, prefixing with file: or name:
> might help, as in file:whatever
>
> Hans
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