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Nov 15 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files adjusted title to be a bit more accurate |
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Nov 15 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files Wow, very thorough. |
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Nov 14 |
awarded | Benefactor |
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Nov 14 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font filesxelatex was present, but xelatex.fmt was not, nor was LaTeX, apparently. I didn't ask for texlive to install LaTeX originally. I found an answer at tex.stackexchange.com/a/76497/6973: I needed to run tlmgr install latex latex-bin. I did so, with fmtutil-sys --all again, but now I get "LaTeX Error: File fontspec.sty not found". I'm not sure it's worth my trying to set up and troubleshoot a LaTeX environment any more, in order to help elucidate a problem with ConTeXt. Even though I appreciate the effort on your part. |
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Nov 14 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files When I run xelatex test-fonts.tex I get the output kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xelatex.fmt and I can't find the format file 'xelatex.fmt'! Any advice? The same message persists even after sudo fmtutil-sys --all. I'm not even sure if I have LaTeX installed... If xelatex exists, then do I have LaTeX? |
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Nov 14 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files OK, that will be helpful. Although I'd also like to know empirically whether the same performance impact occurred. |
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Nov 14 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files What would be the simplest way, in this LaTeX file, to invoke the use of Gentium Book Basic very many times? E.g. foo \gentium{bar} foo \gentium{bar} etc. I think that will be necessary in order to make speed differences clear. |
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Nov 14 |
awarded | Self-Learner |
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Nov 14 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files Thanks - I will give it a whirl. |
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Nov 13 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files @alexis: actually, if you're a LaTeX user and would be willing to create a LaTeX test document, I would be very happy to test with it. Just post it in an answer. |
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Nov 13 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files @alexis: Do you know what would be the LaTeX equivalents (if any) to \definefont[ID][FooBookBasic] and \definefont[ID][name:FooBookBasic]? I have not used LaTeX in the last 13 years. On the other hand, it does seem to me that if the ConTeXt docs say "ConTeXt does X" (checking by font name before falling back to file name) but ConTeXt isn't doing X, it's pretty safe to say the problem is in ConTeXt. But I could be mistaken. |
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Nov 13 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files @alexis: good question. Yes, I considered that problem, and ran most or all of the tests with sudo, but it didn't make any difference. |
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Nov 13 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files BTW even though I accepted my own answer, I can't (AFAIK) award myself the bounty. So I'll be happy to award it to someone who can contribute additional informative, well-supported insights into what happened. |
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Nov 12 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Nov 12 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files added section on lessons learned |
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Nov 12 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files formatting and corrected slowdown factor |
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Nov 12 |
accepted | ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files |
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Nov 12 |
answered | ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files |
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Nov 12 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files noted another thing I tried |
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Nov 12 |
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files added note about supplying actual font file name |
