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bfc2dc3a 1/*
e690fbb2 2 * fontconfig/doc/fcconfig.fncs
bfc2dc3a 3 *
46b51147 4 * Copyright © 2003 Keith Packard
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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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50
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
bb65f58f 68@RET@ FcChar8 *
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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
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74is enabled, and NULL otherwise.
75See also <function>FcConfigEnableHome</function>).
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77
78@RET@ FcBol
79@FUNC@ FcConfigEnableHome
80@TYPE1@ FcBool% @ARG1@ enable
81@PURPOSE@ controls use of the home directory.
82@DESC@
83If <parameter>enable</parameter> is FcTrue, then Fontconfig will use various
84files which are specified relative to the user's home directory (using the ~
85notation in the configuration). When <parameter>enable</parameter> is
86FcFalse, then all use of the home directory in these contexts will be
87disabled. The previous setting of the value is returned.
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89
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90@RET@ FcBool
91@FUNC@ FcConfigBuildFonts
92@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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93@PURPOSE@ Build font database
94@DESC@
95Builds the set of available fonts for the given configuration. Note that
96any changes to the configuration after this call have indeterminate effects.
97Returns FcFalse if this operation runs out of memory.
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99
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100@RET@ FcStrList *
101@FUNC@ FcConfigGetConfigDirs
102@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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103@PURPOSE@ Get config directories
104@DESC@
105Returns the list of font directories specified in the configuration files
2df0c662 106for <parameter>config</parameter>. Does not include any subdirectories.
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108
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109@RET@ FcStrList *
110@FUNC@ FcConfigGetFontDirs
111@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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112@PURPOSE@ Get font directories
113@DESC@
2df0c662 114Returns the list of font directories in <parameter>config</parameter>. This includes the
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115configured font directories along with any directories below those in the
116filesystem.
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118
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119@RET@ FcStrList *
120@FUNC@ FcConfigGetConfigFiles
121@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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122@PURPOSE@ Get config files
123@DESC@
2df0c662 124Returns the list of known configuration files used to generate <parameter>config</parameter>.
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126
f2772d6b 127@RET@ FcChar8 *
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128@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCache
129@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
7c693979 130@PURPOSE@ DEPRECATED used to return per-user cache filename
bfc2dc3a 131@DESC@
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132With fontconfig no longer using per-user cache files, this function now
133simply returns NULL to indicate that no per-user file exists.
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135
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136@RET@ FcStrList *
137@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCacheDirs
138@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
139@PURPOSE@ return the list of directories searched for cache files
140@DESC@
141<function>FcConfigGetCacheDirs</function> returns a string list containing
142all of the directories that fontconfig will search when attempting to load a
143cache file for a font directory.
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145
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146@RET@ FcFontSet *
147@FUNC@ FcConfigGetFonts
bfc2dc3a 148@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
61895ed1 149@TYPE2@ FcSetName% @ARG2@ set
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150@PURPOSE@ Get config font set
151@DESC@
39381776 152Returns one of the two sets of fonts from the configuration as specified
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153by <parameter>set</parameter>. This font set is owned by the library and must
154not be freed.
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156
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157@RET@ FcBlanks *
158@FUNC@ FcConfigGetBlanks
159@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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160@PURPOSE@ Get config blanks
161@DESC@
162Returns the FcBlanks object associated with the given configuration, if no
163blanks were present in the configuration, this function will return 0.
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165
39381776 166@RET@ int
61139cf6 167@FUNC@ FcConfigGetRescanInterval
39381776 168@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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169@PURPOSE@ Get config rescan interval
170@DESC@
171Returns the interval between automatic checks of the configuration (in
2df0c662 172seconds) specified in <parameter>config</parameter>. The configuration is checked during
bfc2dc3a 173a call to FcFontList when this interval has passed since the last check.
30420509 174An interval setting of zero disables automatic checks.
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39381776 177@RET@ FcBool
61139cf6 178@FUNC@ FcConfigSetRescanInterval
bfc2dc3a 179@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
61895ed1 180@TYPE2@ int% @ARG2@ rescanInterval
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181@PURPOSE@ Set config rescan interval
182@DESC@
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183Sets the rescan interval. Returns FcFalse if the interval cannot be set (due
184to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
30420509 185An interval setting of zero disables automatic checks.
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187
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188@RET@ FcBool
189@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddFile
bfc2dc3a 190@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
f2772d6b 191@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file
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192@PURPOSE@ Add font file to font database
193@DESC@
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194Adds an application-specific font to the configuration. Returns FcFalse
195if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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197
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198@RET@ FcBool
199@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddDir
bfc2dc3a 200@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
f2772d6b 201@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ dir
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202@PURPOSE@ Add fonts from directory to font database
203@DESC@
204Scans the specified directory for fonts, adding each one found to the
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205application-specific set of fonts. Returns FcFalse
206if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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208
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209@RET@ void
210@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontClear
211@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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212@PURPOSE@ Remove all app fonts from font database
213@DESC@
214Clears the set of application-specific fonts.
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216
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217@RET@ FcBool
218@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstituteWithPat
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219@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
220@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
221@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ p_pat
61895ed1 222@TYPE4@ FcMatchKind% @ARG4@ kind
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223@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions
224@DESC@
2df0c662 225Performs the sequence of pattern modification operations, if <parameter>kind</parameter> is
39381776 226FcMatchPattern, then those tagged as pattern operations are applied, else
2df0c662 227if <parameter>kind</parameter> is FcMatchFont, those tagged as font operations are applied and
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228p_pat is used for &lt;test&gt; elements with target=pattern. Returns FcFalse
229if the substitution cannot be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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231
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232@RET@ FcBool
233@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstitute
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234@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
235@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
61895ed1 236@TYPE3@ FcMatchKind% @ARG3@ kind
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237@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions
238@DESC@
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239Calls FcConfigSubstituteWithPat setting p_pat to NULL. Returns FcFalse
240if the substitution cannot be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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242
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243@RET@ FcPattern *
244@FUNC@ FcFontMatch
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245@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
246@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
39381776 247@TYPE3@ FcResult * @ARG3@ result
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248@PURPOSE@ Return best font
249@DESC@
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250Finds the font in <parameter>sets</parameter> most closely matching
251<parameter>pattern</parameter> and returns the result of
252<function>FcFontRenderPrepare</function> for that font and the provided
253pattern. This function should be called only after
254<function>FcConfigSubstitute</function> and
255<function>FcDefaultSubstitute</function> have been called for
256<parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct.
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258
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259@RET@ FcFontSet *
260@FUNC@ FcFontSort
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261@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
262@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
61895ed1 263@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ trim
bfc2dc3a 264@TYPE4@ FcCharSet ** @ARG4@ csp
39381776 265@TYPE5@ FcResult * @ARG5@ result
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266@PURPOSE@ Return list of matching fonts
267@DESC@
2df0c662 268Returns the list of fonts sorted by closeness to <parameter>p</parameter>. If <parameter>trim</parameter> is FcTrue,
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269elements in the list which don't include Unicode coverage not provided by
270earlier elements in the list are elided. The union of Unicode coverage of
2df0c662 271all of the fonts is returned in <parameter>csp</parameter>, if <parameter>csp</parameter> is not NULL. This function
bfc2dc3a 272should be called only after FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have
2df0c662 273been called for <parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct.
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274 </para><para>
275The returned FcFontSet references FcPattern structures which may be shared
276by the return value from multiple FcFontSort calls, applications must not
2df0c662 277modify these patterns. Instead, they should be passed, along with <parameter>p</parameter> to
3fb38716 278<function>FcFontRenderPrepare</function> which combines them into a complete pattern.
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279 </para><para>
280The FcFontSet returned by FcFontSort is destroyed by caling FcFontSetDestroy.
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282
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283@RET@ FcPattern *
284@FUNC@ FcFontRenderPrepare
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285@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
286@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ pat
39381776 287@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ font
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288@PURPOSE@ Prepare pattern for loading font file
289@DESC@
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290Creates a new pattern consisting of elements of <parameter>font</parameter> not appearing
291in <parameter>pat</parameter>, elements of <parameter>pat</parameter> not appearing in <parameter>font</parameter> and the best matching
292value from <parameter>pat</parameter> for elements appearing in both. The result is passed to
b21bea37 293FcConfigSubstituteWithPat with <parameter>kind</parameter> FcMatchFont and then returned.
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295
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296@RET@ FcFontSet *
297@FUNC@ FcFontList
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298@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
299@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
39381776 300@TYPE3@ FcObjectSet * @ARG3@ os
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301@PURPOSE@ List fonts
302@DESC@
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303Selects fonts matching <parameter>p</parameter>, creates patterns from those fonts containing
304only the objects in <parameter>os</parameter> and returns the set of unique such patterns.
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f2772d6b 307@RET@ FcChar8 *
39381776 308@FUNC@ FcConfigFilename
f2772d6b 309@TYPE1@ const FcChar8 * @ARG1@ name
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310@PURPOSE@ Find a config file
311@DESC@
312Given the specified external entity name, return the associated filename.
313This provides applications a way to convert various configuration file
39381776 314references into filename form.
bfc2dc3a 315 </para><para>
2df0c662 316A null or empty <parameter>name</parameter> indicates that the default configuration file should
bfc2dc3a 317be used; which file this references can be overridden with the
2df0c662 318FC_CONFIG_FILE environment variable. Next, if the name starts with <parameter>~</parameter>, it
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319refers to a file in the current users home directory. Otherwise if the name
320doesn't start with '/', it refers to a file in the default configuration
321directory; the built-in default directory can be overridden with the
322FC_CONFIG_DIR environment variable.
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324
325@RET@ FcBool
326@FUNC@ FcConfigParseAndLoad
327@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
328@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file
26437d49 329@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ complain
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330@PURPOSE@ load a configuration file
331@DESC@
332Walks the configuration in 'file' and constructs the internal representation
333in 'config'. Any include files referenced from within 'file' will be loaded
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334and parsed. If 'complain' is FcFalse, no warning will be displayed if
335'file' does not exist. Error and warning messages will be output to stderr.
336Returns FcFalse if some error occurred while loading the file, either a
337parse error, semantic error or allocation failure. Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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