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author | Will Robertson <wspr81@gmail.com> | 2010-05-31 00:56:03 +0930 |
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committer | Will Robertson <wspr81@gmail.com> | 2010-05-31 00:57:47 +0930 |
commit | dbdec4cfc4d99b4672296fe2cbd2522e5ce718d1 (patch) | |
tree | 5b99d85c43787db8baabff82d4f1f51eaf8d4bb4 /luaotfload.dtx | |
parent | 514f75a009074acf452c6d676c1dee97a20c835a (diff) | |
download | luaotfload-dbdec4cfc4d99b4672296fe2cbd2522e5ce718d1.tar.gz |
Document auto mkluatexfontdb
(hope that's enough. too late for much thought.)
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diff --git a/luaotfload.dtx b/luaotfload.dtx index 975680b..33bda27 100644 --- a/luaotfload.dtx +++ b/luaotfload.dtx @@ -311,25 +311,23 @@ and the derived files % to keep track of fonts available to \LuaTeX. Using this database, fonts can % be loaded by font name as well as filename. % -% This font database must be maintained as you add (and remove) fonts to your -% system. To update the database, run the script |mkluatexfontdb.lua| that is -% included with this package. If you have not run it before, it may take quite -% some time to process every font on your computer. Subsequent runs to update -% the database will be quite fast, however. -% -% In \TeX~Live~2010, there will be a button in the \TeX~Live package manager -% to run |mkluatexfontdb.lua|. +% This font database is maintained automatically as you add and remove fonts +% to/from your system. To update the database manually, run the script +% |mkluatexfontdb| that is included with this package. If you have not run it +% before, it may take quite some time to process every font on your computer. +% This is particularly noticeable if it occurs during a typesetting run. +% Subsequent runs to update the database will be quite fast, however. % % The script will parse standard places for fonts in your system to build the -% font database. On Windows and Linus, it will use |fc-list| to find the -% fonts; on Mac~OS~X, it will search in the standard font locations +% font database. On Windows and Linus, it will use |fontconfig| to find the +% font locations; on Mac~OS~X, it will search in the standard font locations % |~/Library/Fonts|, |/Library/Fonts|, |/System/Library/Fonts|, and % |/Network/Library/Fonts|, % -% If you do not wish the script to locate fonts automatically but would rather -% specify the exact locations in which to find your fonts, set the |OSFONTDIR| -% environment variable instead. When this variable is set, the script will -% only search in those directories. +% If you do not wish the script to search the standard font locations by +% default but would rather specify the exact locations in which to find your +% fonts, set the |OSFONTDIR| environment variable instead. When this variable +% is set, the script will only search in those directories. % % |mkluatexfontdb.lua --help| provides a brief summary of the functionality of % the script and includes some advanced options that we have not mentioned |