[XeTeX] bug or feature?

Akira Kakuto kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Wed May 13 03:45:32 CEST 2009


Hi Yue Wang,

> Hi, Jonathan Kew:
> After discussing with Taco and Hans, I think there is a caching
> "feature" (or "bug") in XeTeX.
> It seems that XeTeX will cache fonts without the file name suffix,
> butwon't do that when the suffix is given.

  \starttext
  \dorecurse{10000}{ hello {\font\a="[AdobeSongStd-Light.otf]"\a Test.}\par}
  \stoptext

  requires long time,

  \starttext
  \dorecurse{10000}{ hello {\font\a="[AdobeSongStd-Light]"\a Test.}\par}
  \stoptext

  finishes fast.

Confirmed.

Thanks,
Akira


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