Re: set-fontset-font is slow if the fontset is specified by a long name

[Richard Stallman]

    > I think you're saying that * is used in fontset names as a wildcard
    > for part or all of a font name, and used in selecting fontsets as a
    > wildcard for parts of a fontset name.  Do I understand right?

    Slightly incorrect.  "On creating a fontset, * in a fontset
    name is used as a wildcard for part of a font name, and on
    selecting a fontset, * is used as a wildcard for part or all
    of a fontset name."

This ambiguity is what causes the problem, I think.  Perhaps
the solution is to separate the fontset name from the pattern
that is used to create it.  However, I get the feeling that
there is some utility in the fact that they are the same now.
Is that right?

Maybe we could use \\* during selection as the way to specify matching
specifically * in the fontset name.  Would it work?