I'm writing a lua script which has the following code block:
font_target = "greciliae.ttf"
font_directory = kpse.find_file(font_target)
print(font_directory)
Given that greciliae.ttf is installed in
$TEXMFLOCAL/fonts/truetype/public/gregoriotex, the code block works fine
on my Mac (10.11.6) when executed by texlua (and I assume on other Unix
flavors, though I haven't tested that yet). However, when I test the
same code on a Windows (10) machine, font_directory ends up being nil.
When I type `kpsewhich greciliae.ttf` at the command prompt on the
Windows machine, I get the proper path returned, so I know that
kpsewhich can find the file.
If I switch font_target to a "gregoriotex.sty" (which is installed in
$TEXMFLOCAL/tex/lualatex/gregoriotex/) font_directory returns the proper
value on both machines. Thus I know that kpse.find_file does actually
work, at least some of the time, on Windows.
Why isn't kpse.find_file finding fonts that kpsewhich can find on
Windows? Am I doing something wrong?
Both machines are running version 0.95.0 (TeXLive 2016) of texlua.
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