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diff --git a/luaotfload.dtx b/luaotfload.dtx index e191b4c..1dbd00e 100644 --- a/luaotfload.dtx +++ b/luaotfload.dtx @@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ and the derived files % with square brackets is synonymous to using the \texttt{file:} prefix. % % Accessing fonts by fontname allows loading system installed fonts as well as -% \textsc{texmf} ones, and requires a font names database that must be -% pre-generated; see Section~\ref{sec:fontdb} for more information. +% \textsc{texmf} ones, and requires a font names database; see +% Section~\ref{sec:fontdb} for more information. % % \paragraph{Font name} % @@ -304,30 +304,43 @@ and the derived files % \texttt{mapping=text-tex} using \XeTeX's input remapping feature.) % % -% \section{Maintaining the font database} +% \section{Font names database} % \label{sec:fontdb} % % As introduced in the previous section, \textsf{luaotfload} uses a database % 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 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. +% When \textsf{luaotfload} is asked to load a font by font name, it will check +% if font names database exists and load it, or generate a new database if non +% exists. This is all done automatically without user intervention. When the +% asked font is missing from the database, it will attempt to update the +% database and try to find the font again, so that the user can install new +% fonts without worrying about manually updating the database. +% +% However, it is sometimes desirable to update the database manually, so +% \textsf{luaotfload} provides a |mkluatexfontdb| utility to manually update +% the database. |mkluatexfontdb| is a lua script that can be either run +% directly or as an argument to |texlua|, depending on your system\footnote{ +% On MS Windows it can be run either by calling the wrapper application +% |mkluatexfontdb.exe| or with |texlua.exe mkluatexfontdb.lua|}. +% +% The first time the database is generated 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. Linux, it will use |fontconfig| to find the font locations; +% \textsf{luaotfload} will parse standard places for fonts in your system to +% build the font database. On Linux, it will read |fontconfig| configuration +% files to find the font locations; % on Windows and Mac~OS~X, it will search in the standard font locations, % |%WINDIR%\Fonts| in Windows and |~/Library/Fonts|, |/Library/Fonts|, % |/System/Library/Fonts|, and |/Network/Library/Fonts| in Mac~OS~X. % -% 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. +% If you do not wish the standard font locations be searched 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, +% only the specified directories will be searched. % % |mkluatexfontdb.lua --help| provides a brief summary of the functionality of % the script and includes some advanced options that we have not mentioned |