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Dear Akira-san :<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Akira Kakuto wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:389E22C357554801BE826984DC53A2EA@CJ3001517A"
type="cite">FcInit() is called by XeTeX, thus, as you know,
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caches are created automatically if needed, with
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a considerable delay of time. If you run fc-cache
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before, there is not the delay.
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What I was experiencing was that the delay occurred at the start of
/every/ compilation (regardless of the fonts that the sources
referenced), and that the only way to prevent this was to run
fc-cache C:/Windows/Fonts by hand (the last learned by trial and
error).<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:389E22C357554801BE826984DC53A2EA@CJ3001517A"
type="cite">
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I'm not familiar with fontconfig.
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My experience seems to show that, if even a single
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font file is added/removed/changed, it is needed to
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update caches.
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That is borne out by my experience, but do you not think that a
modification to the behaviour of fcinit (), as suggested in my
earlier message, would resolve the problem ?<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<img src="cid:part1.07010100.08070506@Rhul.Ac.Uk"><br>
Philip Taylor</div>
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