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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