>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Lam <plam@xxxxxxx> writes: Patrick> So I was suggesting this slightly evil thing. If you call Patrick> FcPatternGetString for an FC_FILE, then fontconfig will Patrick> silently append the path of the cache file to the path of the Patrick> file. ... ... ... The result is that no changes are visible Patrick> from the outside; no version number bumping or recompilation Patrick> required. OK. I get it now. Looks perfect. -JimC