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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
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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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124Note that this will not include any configuration done with FcConfigParse.
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126
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127@RET@ char *
128@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCache
129@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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130@PURPOSE@ Get cache filename
131@DESC@
132Returns the name of the file used to store per-user font information.
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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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163
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@
180Sets the rescan interval; returns FcFalse if an error occurred.
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182
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183@RET@ FcBool
184@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddFile
bfc2dc3a 185@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
39381776 186@TYPE2@ const char * @ARG2@ file
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187@PURPOSE@ Add font file to font database
188@DESC@
189Adds an application-specific font to the configuration.
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191
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192@RET@ FcBool
193@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddDir
bfc2dc3a 194@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
39381776 195@TYPE2@ const char * @ARG1@ dir
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196@PURPOSE@ Add fonts from directory to font database
197@DESC@
198Scans the specified directory for fonts, adding each one found to the
199application-specific set of fonts.
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201
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202@RET@ void
203@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontClear
204@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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205@PURPOSE@ Remove all app fonts from font database
206@DESC@
207Clears the set of application-specific fonts.
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209
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210@RET@ FcBool
211@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstituteWithPat
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212@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
213@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
214@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ p_pat
61895ed1 215@TYPE4@ FcMatchKind% @ARG4@ kind
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216@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions
217@DESC@
2df0c662 218Performs the sequence of pattern modification operations, if <parameter>kind</parameter> is
39381776 219FcMatchPattern, then those tagged as pattern operations are applied, else
2df0c662 220if <parameter>kind</parameter> is FcMatchFont, those tagged as font operations are applied and
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221p_pat is used for &lt;test&gt; elements with target=pattern.
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223
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224@RET@ FcBool
225@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstitute
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226@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
227@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
61895ed1 228@TYPE3@ FcMatchKind% @ARG3@ kind
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229@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions
230@DESC@
231Calls FcConfigSubstituteWithPat setting p_pat to NULL.
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233
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234@RET@ FcPattern *
235@FUNC@ FcFontMatch
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236@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
237@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
39381776 238@TYPE3@ FcResult * @ARG3@ result
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239@PURPOSE@ Return best font
240@DESC@
2df0c662 241Returns the font in <parameter>config</parameter> most close matching <parameter>p</parameter>. This function
bfc2dc3a 242should be called only after FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have
2df0c662 243been called for <parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct.
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245
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246@RET@ FcFontSet *
247@FUNC@ FcFontSort
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248@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
249@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
61895ed1 250@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ trim
bfc2dc3a 251@TYPE4@ FcCharSet ** @ARG4@ csp
39381776 252@TYPE5@ FcResult * @ARG5@ result
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253@PURPOSE@ Return list of matching fonts
254@DESC@
2df0c662 255Returns the list of fonts sorted by closeness to <parameter>p</parameter>. If <parameter>trim</parameter> is FcTrue,
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256elements in the list which don't include Unicode coverage not provided by
257earlier elements in the list are elided. The union of Unicode coverage of
2df0c662 258all of the fonts is returned in <parameter>csp</parameter>, if <parameter>csp</parameter> is not NULL. This function
bfc2dc3a 259should be called only after FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have
2df0c662 260been called for <parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct.
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261 </para><para>
262The returned FcFontSet references FcPattern structures which may be shared
263by the return value from multiple FcFontSort calls, applications must not
2df0c662 264modify these patterns. Instead, they should be passed, along with <parameter>p</parameter> to
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265FcFontRenderPrepare which combines them into a complete pattern.
266 </para><para>
267The FcFontSet returned by FcFontSort is destroyed by caling FcFontSetDestroy.
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269
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270@RET@ FcPattern *
271@FUNC@ FcFontRenderPrepare
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272@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
273@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ pat
39381776 274@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ font
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275@PURPOSE@ Prepare pattern for loading font file
276@DESC@
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277Creates a new pattern consisting of elements of <parameter>font</parameter> not appearing
278in <parameter>pat</parameter>, elements of <parameter>pat</parameter> not appearing in <parameter>font</parameter> and the best matching
279value from <parameter>pat</parameter> for elements appearing in both. The result is passed to
280FcConfigSubstitute with <parameter>kind</parameter> FcMatchFont and then returned.
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282
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283@RET@ FcFontSet *
284@FUNC@ FcFontList
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285@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
286@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
39381776 287@TYPE3@ FcObjectSet * @ARG3@ os
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288@PURPOSE@ List fonts
289@DESC@
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290Selects fonts matching <parameter>p</parameter>, creates patterns from those fonts containing
291only the objects in <parameter>os</parameter> and returns the set of unique such patterns.
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293
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294@RET@ char *
295@FUNC@ FcConfigFilename
296@TYPE1@ const char * @ARG1@ name
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297@PURPOSE@ Find a config file
298@DESC@
299Given the specified external entity name, return the associated filename.
300This provides applications a way to convert various configuration file
39381776 301references into filename form.
bfc2dc3a 302 </para><para>
2df0c662 303A null or empty <parameter>name</parameter> indicates that the default configuration file should
bfc2dc3a 304be used; which file this references can be overridden with the
2df0c662 305FC_CONFIG_FILE environment variable. Next, if the name starts with <parameter>~</parameter>, it
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306refers to a file in the current users home directory. Otherwise if the name
307doesn't start with '/', it refers to a file in the default configuration
308directory; the built-in default directory can be overridden with the
309FC_CONFIG_DIR environment variable.
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311
312@RET@ FcBool
313@FUNC@ FcConfigParseAndLoad
314@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
315@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file
26437d49 316@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ complain
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317@PURPOSE@ load a configuration file
318@DESC@
319Walks the configuration in 'file' and constructs the internal representation
320in 'config'. Any include files referenced from within 'file' will be loaded
321with FcConfigLoad and also parsed. If 'complain' is FcFalse, no warning
322will be displayed if 'file' does not exist.
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