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Subject: Re: xdvi slow startup
To: Roger Hale <rwsh@cam.sri.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 15:22:39 (GMT)
From: Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie>
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In-Reply-To: <9411041234.AA29349@chirk.cam.sri.com> from "Roger Hale" at Nov 4, 94 12:34:00 pm
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> As far as I (a fairly naive user) can tell, what's happening is that a
> required font isn't there at precisely the correct resolution, but is there
> to within an acceptable tolerance (1 dpi). So, despite the fact that I'm
> using the ls-R file, it appears that the font path is searched for the font
> at the correct resolution before eventually finding an acceptable
> substitute. The ls-R file isn't much help in this case.
>
> What I'd like to happen is for the font path to be searched only as a last
> resort (e.g. just before MakeTeXPK is invoked or before last resort fonts
> are substituted). Is there a simple way to achieve this in general?
You could use !! in $TEXMF/texmf.cnf .
This means only check ls-R, not the disk.
I have something like
PKFONTS.xdvi = .:!!$TEXMF/fonts//:$TEXMF/fonts/tmp//
This only checks the disk for fonts created by MakeTeXPK.
(I do the same for all "recursive" paths in texmf.cnf.)