[XeTeX] Loading fonts from a common server or http URL

[Tobias Schoel]

Hi

> In my opinion, this is the way of the future. It is ludicrous
> that we all have to create our own virtual CTAN mirrors. Far
> better to evolve a methodology that will, entirely transparently,
> use a local copy as first choice; fetch (via http) a remote copy
> and make it local, as second choice; and (3) offer a configuration
> option to check whether the remote copy is more recent than the
> local and if so, fetch it (and install it locally) automatically
> when that file is next required.

I thought, MikTeX offers that: whenever a package is loaded, that is not 
already installed, it is downloaded on the fly and then loaded. I'm not 
sure about the version check, but it's not always advisable to use the 
latest version of a package.

bye

Toscho