@RET@ FcChar8 *
@FUNC@ FcStrCopyFilename
@TYPE1@ const FcChar8 * @ARG1@ s
-@PURPOSE@ copy a string, expanding '~'
-@DESC@
-Just like FcStrCopy except that it converts any leading '~' characters in
-<parameter>s</parameter> to the value of the HOME environment variable.
-Returns NULL if '~' is present in <parameter>s</parameter> and HOME is unset.
+@PURPOSE@ create a complete path from a filename
+@DESC@
+<function>FcStrCopyFilename</function> constructs an absolute pathname from
+<parameter>s</parameter>. It converts any leading '~' characters in
+to the value of the HOME environment variable, and any relative paths are
+converted to absolute paths using the current working directory. Sequences
+of '/' characters are converted to a single '/', and names containing the
+current directory '.' or parent directory '..' are correctly reconstructed.
+Returns NULL if '~' is the leading character and HOME is unset or disabled
+(see <function>FcConfigEnableHome</function>).
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@RET@ int