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39381776 24@RET@ FcConfig *
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25@FUNC@ FcConfigCreate
26@TYPE1@ void
27@PURPOSE@ Create a configuration
28@DESC@
29Creates an empty configuration.
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31
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32@RET@ void
33@FUNC@ FcConfigDestroy
34@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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35@PURPOSE@ Destroy a configuration
36@DESC@
37Destroys a configuration and any data associated with it. Note that calling
38this function with the return from FcConfigGetCurrent will place the library
39in an indeterminate state.
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41
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42@RET@ FcBool
43@FUNC@ FcConfigSetCurrent
44@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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45@PURPOSE@ Set configuration as default
46@DESC@
2df0c662 47Sets the current default configuration to <parameter>config</parameter>. Implicitly calls
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48FcConfigBuildFonts if necessary, returning FcFalse if that call fails.
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39381776 51@RET@ FcConfig *
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52@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCurrent
53@TYPE1@ void
54@PURPOSE@ Return current configuration
55@DESC@
56Returns the current default configuration.
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58
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59@RET@ FcBool
60@FUNC@ FcConfigUptoDate
61@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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62@PURPOSE@ Check timestamps on config files
63@DESC@
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64Checks all of the files related to <parameter>config</parameter> and returns
65whether any of them has been modified since the configuration was created.
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67
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68@RET@ FcBool
69@FUNC@ FcConfigHome
70@TYPE1@ void
71@PURPOSE@ return the current home directory.
72@DESC@
73Return the current user's home directory, if it is available, and if using it
74is enabled. See also <function>FcConfigEnableHome</function>).
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76
77@RET@ FcBol
78@FUNC@ FcConfigEnableHome
79@TYPE1@ FcBool% @ARG1@ enable
80@PURPOSE@ controls use of the home directory.
81@DESC@
82If <parameter>enable</parameter> is FcTrue, then Fontconfig will use various
83files which are specified relative to the user's home directory (using the ~
84notation in the configuration). When <parameter>enable</parameter> is
85FcFalse, then all use of the home directory in these contexts will be
86disabled. The previous setting of the value is returned.
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88
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89@RET@ FcBool
90@FUNC@ FcConfigBuildFonts
91@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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92@PURPOSE@ Build font database
93@DESC@
94Builds the set of available fonts for the given configuration. Note that
95any changes to the configuration after this call have indeterminate effects.
96Returns FcFalse if this operation runs out of memory.
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98
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99@RET@ FcStrList *
100@FUNC@ FcConfigGetConfigDirs
101@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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102@PURPOSE@ Get config directories
103@DESC@
104Returns the list of font directories specified in the configuration files
2df0c662 105for <parameter>config</parameter>. Does not include any subdirectories.
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107
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108@RET@ FcStrList *
109@FUNC@ FcConfigGetFontDirs
110@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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111@PURPOSE@ Get font directories
112@DESC@
2df0c662 113Returns the list of font directories in <parameter>config</parameter>. This includes the
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114configured font directories along with any directories below those in the
115filesystem.
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117
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118@RET@ FcStrList *
119@FUNC@ FcConfigGetConfigFiles
120@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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121@PURPOSE@ Get config files
122@DESC@
2df0c662 123Returns the list of known configuration files used to generate <parameter>config</parameter>.
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f2772d6b 126@RET@ FcChar8 *
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127@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCache
128@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
7c693979 129@PURPOSE@ DEPRECATED used to return per-user cache filename
bfc2dc3a 130@DESC@
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131With fontconfig no longer using per-user cache files, this function now
132simply returns NULL to indicate that no per-user file exists.
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134
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135@RET@ FcStrList *
136@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCacheDirs
137@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
138@PURPOSE@ return the list of directories searched for cache files
139@DESC@
140<function>FcConfigGetCacheDirs</function> returns a string list containing
141all of the directories that fontconfig will search when attempting to load a
142cache file for a font directory.
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144
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145@RET@ FcFontSet *
146@FUNC@ FcConfigGetFonts
bfc2dc3a 147@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
61895ed1 148@TYPE2@ FcSetName% @ARG2@ set
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149@PURPOSE@ Get config font set
150@DESC@
39381776 151Returns one of the two sets of fonts from the configuration as specified
2df0c662 152by <parameter>set</parameter>.
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154
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155@RET@ FcBlanks *
156@FUNC@ FcConfigGetBlanks
157@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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158@PURPOSE@ Get config blanks
159@DESC@
160Returns the FcBlanks object associated with the given configuration, if no
161blanks were present in the configuration, this function will return 0.
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39381776 164@RET@ int
61139cf6 165@FUNC@ FcConfigGetRescanInterval
39381776 166@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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167@PURPOSE@ Get config rescan interval
168@DESC@
169Returns the interval between automatic checks of the configuration (in
2df0c662 170seconds) specified in <parameter>config</parameter>. The configuration is checked during
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171a call to FcFontList when this interval has passed since the last check.
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39381776 174@RET@ FcBool
61139cf6 175@FUNC@ FcConfigSetRescanInterval
bfc2dc3a 176@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
61895ed1 177@TYPE2@ int% @ARG2@ rescanInterval
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178@PURPOSE@ Set config rescan interval
179@DESC@
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180Sets the rescan interval. Returns FcFalse if the interval cannot be set (due
181to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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183
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184@RET@ FcBool
185@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddFile
bfc2dc3a 186@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
f2772d6b 187@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file
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188@PURPOSE@ Add font file to font database
189@DESC@
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190Adds an application-specific font to the configuration. Returns FcFalse
191if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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193
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194@RET@ FcBool
195@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddDir
bfc2dc3a 196@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
f2772d6b 197@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ dir
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198@PURPOSE@ Add fonts from directory to font database
199@DESC@
200Scans the specified directory for fonts, adding each one found to the
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201application-specific set of fonts. Returns FcFalse
202if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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204
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205@RET@ void
206@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontClear
207@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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208@PURPOSE@ Remove all app fonts from font database
209@DESC@
210Clears the set of application-specific fonts.
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212
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213@RET@ FcBool
214@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstituteWithPat
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215@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
216@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
217@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ p_pat
61895ed1 218@TYPE4@ FcMatchKind% @ARG4@ kind
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219@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions
220@DESC@
2df0c662 221Performs the sequence of pattern modification operations, if <parameter>kind</parameter> is
39381776 222FcMatchPattern, then those tagged as pattern operations are applied, else
2df0c662 223if <parameter>kind</parameter> is FcMatchFont, those tagged as font operations are applied and
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224p_pat is used for &lt;test&gt; elements with target=pattern. Returns FcFalse
225if the substitution cannot be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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227
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228@RET@ FcBool
229@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstitute
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230@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
231@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
61895ed1 232@TYPE3@ FcMatchKind% @ARG3@ kind
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233@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions
234@DESC@
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235Calls FcConfigSubstituteWithPat setting p_pat to NULL. Returns FcFalse
236if the substitution cannot be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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239@RET@ FcPattern *
240@FUNC@ FcFontMatch
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241@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
242@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
39381776 243@TYPE3@ FcResult * @ARG3@ result
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244@PURPOSE@ Return best font
245@DESC@
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246Finds the font in <parameter>sets</parameter> most closely matching
247<parameter>pattern</parameter> and returns the result of
248<function>FcFontRenderPrepare</function> for that font and the provided
249pattern. This function should be called only after
250<function>FcConfigSubstitute</function> and
251<function>FcDefaultSubstitute</function> have been called for
252<parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct.
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254
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255@RET@ FcFontSet *
256@FUNC@ FcFontSort
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257@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
258@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
61895ed1 259@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ trim
bfc2dc3a 260@TYPE4@ FcCharSet ** @ARG4@ csp
39381776 261@TYPE5@ FcResult * @ARG5@ result
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262@PURPOSE@ Return list of matching fonts
263@DESC@
2df0c662 264Returns the list of fonts sorted by closeness to <parameter>p</parameter>. If <parameter>trim</parameter> is FcTrue,
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265elements in the list which don't include Unicode coverage not provided by
266earlier elements in the list are elided. The union of Unicode coverage of
2df0c662 267all of the fonts is returned in <parameter>csp</parameter>, if <parameter>csp</parameter> is not NULL. This function
bfc2dc3a 268should be called only after FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have
2df0c662 269been called for <parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct.
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270 </para><para>
271The returned FcFontSet references FcPattern structures which may be shared
272by the return value from multiple FcFontSort calls, applications must not
2df0c662 273modify these patterns. Instead, they should be passed, along with <parameter>p</parameter> to
3fb38716 274<function>FcFontRenderPrepare</function> which combines them into a complete pattern.
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275 </para><para>
276The FcFontSet returned by FcFontSort is destroyed by caling FcFontSetDestroy.
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278
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279@RET@ FcPattern *
280@FUNC@ FcFontRenderPrepare
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281@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
282@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ pat
39381776 283@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ font
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284@PURPOSE@ Prepare pattern for loading font file
285@DESC@
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286Creates a new pattern consisting of elements of <parameter>font</parameter> not appearing
287in <parameter>pat</parameter>, elements of <parameter>pat</parameter> not appearing in <parameter>font</parameter> and the best matching
288value from <parameter>pat</parameter> for elements appearing in both. The result is passed to
289FcConfigSubstitute with <parameter>kind</parameter> FcMatchFont and then returned.
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291
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292@RET@ FcFontSet *
293@FUNC@ FcFontList
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294@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
295@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
39381776 296@TYPE3@ FcObjectSet * @ARG3@ os
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297@PURPOSE@ List fonts
298@DESC@
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299Selects fonts matching <parameter>p</parameter>, creates patterns from those fonts containing
300only the objects in <parameter>os</parameter> and returns the set of unique such patterns.
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f2772d6b 303@RET@ FcChar8 *
39381776 304@FUNC@ FcConfigFilename
f2772d6b 305@TYPE1@ const FcChar8 * @ARG1@ name
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306@PURPOSE@ Find a config file
307@DESC@
308Given the specified external entity name, return the associated filename.
309This provides applications a way to convert various configuration file
39381776 310references into filename form.
bfc2dc3a 311 </para><para>
2df0c662 312A null or empty <parameter>name</parameter> indicates that the default configuration file should
bfc2dc3a 313be used; which file this references can be overridden with the
2df0c662 314FC_CONFIG_FILE environment variable. Next, if the name starts with <parameter>~</parameter>, it
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315refers to a file in the current users home directory. Otherwise if the name
316doesn't start with '/', it refers to a file in the default configuration
317directory; the built-in default directory can be overridden with the
318FC_CONFIG_DIR environment variable.
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320
321@RET@ FcBool
322@FUNC@ FcConfigParseAndLoad
323@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
324@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file
26437d49 325@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ complain
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326@PURPOSE@ load a configuration file
327@DESC@
328Walks the configuration in 'file' and constructs the internal representation
329in 'config'. Any include files referenced from within 'file' will be loaded
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330and parsed. If 'complain' is FcFalse, no warning will be displayed if
331'file' does not exist. Error and warning messages will be output to stderr.
332Returns FcFalse if some error occurred while loading the file, either a
333parse error, semantic error or allocation failure. Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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