Re: fontconfig configration file search path in static build on windows

[sfeam <sf...@us...>]

On Tuesday, 16 February 2016 11:57:06 AM Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> This is just information.
> 
> >From an demand, I have built static linked gnuplot binary on windows.
> 
> However, fontconfig feature could not be used because 
> fontconfig cannot find fontconfig configuration path
> if fontconfig path is relative to ../etc/fonts from bin.
> 
> This directory structure only effective using dll version fontconfig.
> 
> For static link on windows, fontconfig 2.11.1, fontconfig application
> search fonts directory where a exe file exist.
> 
> See:
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2016-February/005676.html

Is there some reason you cannot set FONTCONFIG_PATH?

If this path is the same for multiple applications then they would
all benefit from the same "first" initialization of the font cache.

	Ethan