···<Datum: Friday, 31. May 2013>···<Von: Ulrike Fischer>···
> Am Tue, 28 May 2013 19:17:21 +0200 schrieb Philipp Gesang: > > >> But I was more thinking about a way to handle the configuration more > >> centralized. I have e.g. currently miktex, TL12 and TL13. All three > >> tex-systems have access to the same local texmf-tree where I have > >> stored some local fonts, blacklists for luaotfload etc. I think it > >> would be useful to have there some configuration file, where I could > >> put instructions like "if libertine is in the texmf-tree then use > >> it". > > > This would be a simple matter of drawing up some DSL for > > configuration. Then we keep extending it with every feature > > request and in a couple years from now we’d end up with some > > informally specified bug-ridden implementation of SQL. > > ;-). Actually I was thinking about a simple way to blacklist a > folder or a font. And when I worded it in this way I realized that > perhaps the blacklist configuration file could be used. Can one use > kpse-Variables and "Wildcards" in the blacklist configuration file? With the recent git you can now blacklist directories; testing appreciated. As to wildcards I’ll look into it, but not immediately. Maybe make a tracker item so I won’t forget. > > Also, if we got rid of the ban on “write18”, we could use > > fontconfig instead of the database. > > But on the other side would fontconfig give back a much information > as does the current database (which I find quite useful)? I guess so. Imo fc-query is a powerful tool. > > [1] I’m aware that fontconfig probably won’t be available on > > Windows. But there should be some equivalent functionality > > that other programs use when they “access system fonts”. > > As I wrote somewhere in the beginning I'm using fontconfig to avoid > clashed when using xelatex. On windows fontconfig comes with the > TeX-System. But miktex and texlive differ in the locations and the > naming for local configuration files: > > miktex uses fontconfig/config/localfonts2.conf, > texlive as far as I can see fonts/conf/local.conf Would it make sense for the database to include those on Windows or do they just point to c:/windows/fonts? Best regards Philipp
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