Hello The file uhyphens.tex is just a list of word hyphenations where I don't agree with the breaks that TeX gives (I insist on pre-1980s rules for English!). For example: \hyphenation{% ..... abo-lished ..... con-tri-butes ..... } At the moment I am using XeTeX-type font calls while I work out other aspects of ConTexT. If that is all that is holding things up I can go over to ConTexT's native system if necessary, though in a typical file header I would have dozens of fonts to load. Here is what I have at present: \definefont[ubsreight][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Regular*oldstyle at 8pt] \definefont[ubsieight][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Italic*oldstyle at 8pt] \definefont[ubsbeight][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Italic*oldstyle at 8pt] \definefont[ubspreight][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Regular*altfont at 8pt] \definefont[ubsrten][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Regular*oldstyle at 10pt] \definefont[ubsiten][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Italic*oldstyle at 10pt] \definefont[ubsbten][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Italic*oldstyle at 10pt] \definefont[ubsprten][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Regular*altfont at 10pt] \definefont[runheadrom][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Regular*altfont at 10.5pt] \definefont[runheadit][file:BaskervilleMTPro-Italic*altfont at 10.5pt] Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail Virus-free.www.avg.com http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 at 12:26, Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Am 20.06.2025 um 12:42 schrieb John Was:
Hello
I am using a very short experimental file of five pages to acquaint myself with ConTexT, and find that processing takes a long time (over a minute or sometimes over two minutes) because at every run it is checking on paths etc. - mainly verifying and searching for fonts.
Is there some way to prevent this, either by a command within the file or by giving something after -- when I invoke ConText (which I do from the Windows command line)?
I shall paste below a short section of a very long log (1452 lines) so that ConTexperts can see what I mean.
Best wishes
John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні!*🇺🇦 *
system > system > ConTeXt ver: 2025.02.28 18:12 LMTX fmt: 2025.6.8 int: english/english system > system > 'cont-new.mkxl' loaded open source > level 1, order 1, name 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/ tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl' system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv close source > level 1, order 1, name 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/ tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl' system > 'cont-sys.mkxl' loaded open source > level 1, order 2, name 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/ tex/context/texlive/cont-sys.mkxl' close source > level 1, order 2, name 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/ tex/context/texlive/cont-sys.mkxl' system > files > jobname './GHILexp', input './GHILexp.tex', result './GHILexp' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active open source > level 1, order 3, name './GHILexp.tex' fonts > checks > registering extra script 'auto' fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded backend > profiles > setting format 'pdf/ua-2' to 'pdf/ua-2' backend > profiles > forcing pdf version 2.0, compression level 3, object compression level 3 backend > profiles > permitted colorspaces: rgb 'yes', cmyk 'yes' colors > defining > supported models: gray 'true', rgb 'true', cmyk 'true', spot 'true' transparencies > support > transparency is supported viewerlayers > viewerlayers are not supported backend > xmp > using file 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/ context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pua.xml' open source > level 2, order 4, name 'D:/TEXFILES/TEXINPUT/TEXDOCS/ UNIDEFS/uhyphens.tex' close source > level 2, order 4, name 'D:/TEXFILES/TEXINPUT/TEXDOCS/ UNIDEFS/uhyphens.tex'
Why is uhyphens.tex loaded and what is its content?
structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> The rain in Spain... fonts > defining > font 'BaskervilleMTPro-Regular', feature 'locl', script 'latn', no language 'dflt' fonts > names > font database has mismatching configuration and file hashes
Show your font setup, something is wrong with it and triggers a refresh of the database.
Wolfgang
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