FontCacheX - a program that will cache the results of calls to
the diskfont.library's AvailFonts() call, meaning that any program
that shows you a list of fonts won't have to read it more than
once (such as running "Font" under 2.0), and usually all programs
will share the same resident cached font list.

What FontCacheX does is patch the AvailFonts() call and when
the function is called, if the Flags are requesting Tags with the
fonts, then it just calls the original AvailFonts.

Otherwise, it checks to see if these flags matches the fonts that
it has cached.  If so, the calling program's buffer is filled with
the fonts from the cache, and it returns immediately - if the fonts
aren't already cached, then they get loaded and cached.

Adding fonts to FONTS: or adding new fonts to any font directory in
FONTS: isn't noticed.  You'll have to send FontCacheX a Ctrl-D 
break to get it to forget it's cache - you can do this from a CLI
by typing STATUS, noticing which Process number FontCacheX is, and
then typing "BREAK # D" where # is the process number listed.

To run FontCacheX, in your startup-sequence or user-startup, add the
line "RUN >NIL: <NIL: FontCacheX" and forget about it.  

I've tested this with DPaint, the 2.0 Font program, The Ham-E Register
Paint program, and a few other little utilities I had around - it worked
flawlessly with all of them.  If it ever gives you a problem, please let
me know about it.

FontCacheX is written by Steve Tibbett, and I can be reached on 
American People/Link as STEVEX, on Bix as "s.tibbett", on Usenet
at cognos!alzabo!omx!stevex, and on my BBS at 613-731-3419.

This program is placed in the Public Domain.