[tex-live] Problem with XeTeX and fc-cache on Tex Live Portable

[Akira Kakuto]

Hi,

> Now another question: in the file fonts.conf, can I use relative path?

You cannot use relative path.

> I aim to keep some fonts on Usb disk and not scanning
> c:\windows\fonts, yet, the
> absolute path of this portable version may vary (be it g:\texlive\ or
> k:\texlive) when I plug it into different computers. So something like
> <dir>g:\texlive\texmf-local\fonts\opentype</dir>
> will not work any where.

Please use forward slashes. You can prepare dummy ones such as

<dir>c:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>d:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>e:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>f:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>g:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>h:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>i:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>j:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>k:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>l:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>m:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>n:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>o:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>p:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>q:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>r:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>s:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>t:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>u:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>v:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>w:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>x:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>y:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>
<dir>z:/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/opentype</dir>

And ignore harmless warning message
"skipping, no such directory"
when executing
fc-cache -v

Thanks,
Akira