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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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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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125
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
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152by <parameter>set</parameter>. This font set is owned by the library and must
153not be freed.
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155
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156@RET@ FcBlanks *
157@FUNC@ FcConfigGetBlanks
158@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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159@PURPOSE@ Get config blanks
160@DESC@
161Returns the FcBlanks object associated with the given configuration, if no
162blanks were present in the configuration, this function will return 0.
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164
39381776 165@RET@ int
61139cf6 166@FUNC@ FcConfigGetRescanInterval
39381776 167@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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168@PURPOSE@ Get config rescan interval
169@DESC@
170Returns the interval between automatic checks of the configuration (in
2df0c662 171seconds) specified in <parameter>config</parameter>. The configuration is checked during
bfc2dc3a 172a call to FcFontList when this interval has passed since the last check.
30420509 173An interval setting of zero disables automatic checks.
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39381776 176@RET@ FcBool
61139cf6 177@FUNC@ FcConfigSetRescanInterval
bfc2dc3a 178@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
61895ed1 179@TYPE2@ int% @ARG2@ rescanInterval
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180@PURPOSE@ Set config rescan interval
181@DESC@
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182Sets the rescan interval. Returns FcFalse if the interval cannot be set (due
183to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
30420509 184An interval setting of zero disables automatic checks.
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186
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187@RET@ FcBool
188@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddFile
bfc2dc3a 189@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
f2772d6b 190@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file
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191@PURPOSE@ Add font file to font database
192@DESC@
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193Adds an application-specific font to the configuration. Returns FcFalse
194if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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196
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197@RET@ FcBool
198@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddDir
bfc2dc3a 199@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
f2772d6b 200@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ dir
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201@PURPOSE@ Add fonts from directory to font database
202@DESC@
203Scans the specified directory for fonts, adding each one found to the
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204application-specific set of fonts. Returns FcFalse
205if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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207
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208@RET@ void
209@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontClear
210@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
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211@PURPOSE@ Remove all app fonts from font database
212@DESC@
213Clears the set of application-specific fonts.
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215
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216@RET@ FcBool
217@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstituteWithPat
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218@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
219@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
220@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ p_pat
61895ed1 221@TYPE4@ FcMatchKind% @ARG4@ kind
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222@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions
223@DESC@
2df0c662 224Performs the sequence of pattern modification operations, if <parameter>kind</parameter> is
39381776 225FcMatchPattern, then those tagged as pattern operations are applied, else
2df0c662 226if <parameter>kind</parameter> is FcMatchFont, those tagged as font operations are applied and
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227p_pat is used for &lt;test&gt; elements with target=pattern. Returns FcFalse
228if the substitution cannot be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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230
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231@RET@ FcBool
232@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstitute
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233@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
234@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
61895ed1 235@TYPE3@ FcMatchKind% @ARG3@ kind
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236@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions
237@DESC@
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238Calls FcConfigSubstituteWithPat setting p_pat to NULL. Returns FcFalse
239if the substitution cannot be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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241
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242@RET@ FcPattern *
243@FUNC@ FcFontMatch
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244@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
245@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
39381776 246@TYPE3@ FcResult * @ARG3@ result
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247@PURPOSE@ Return best font
248@DESC@
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249Finds the font in <parameter>sets</parameter> most closely matching
250<parameter>pattern</parameter> and returns the result of
251<function>FcFontRenderPrepare</function> for that font and the provided
252pattern. This function should be called only after
253<function>FcConfigSubstitute</function> and
254<function>FcDefaultSubstitute</function> have been called for
255<parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct.
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257
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258@RET@ FcFontSet *
259@FUNC@ FcFontSort
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260@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
261@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
61895ed1 262@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ trim
bfc2dc3a 263@TYPE4@ FcCharSet ** @ARG4@ csp
39381776 264@TYPE5@ FcResult * @ARG5@ result
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265@PURPOSE@ Return list of matching fonts
266@DESC@
2df0c662 267Returns the list of fonts sorted by closeness to <parameter>p</parameter>. If <parameter>trim</parameter> is FcTrue,
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268elements in the list which don't include Unicode coverage not provided by
269earlier elements in the list are elided. The union of Unicode coverage of
2df0c662 270all of the fonts is returned in <parameter>csp</parameter>, if <parameter>csp</parameter> is not NULL. This function
bfc2dc3a 271should be called only after FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have
2df0c662 272been called for <parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct.
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273 </para><para>
274The returned FcFontSet references FcPattern structures which may be shared
275by the return value from multiple FcFontSort calls, applications must not
2df0c662 276modify these patterns. Instead, they should be passed, along with <parameter>p</parameter> to
3fb38716 277<function>FcFontRenderPrepare</function> which combines them into a complete pattern.
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278 </para><para>
279The FcFontSet returned by FcFontSort is destroyed by caling FcFontSetDestroy.
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281
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282@RET@ FcPattern *
283@FUNC@ FcFontRenderPrepare
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284@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
285@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ pat
39381776 286@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ font
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287@PURPOSE@ Prepare pattern for loading font file
288@DESC@
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289Creates a new pattern consisting of elements of <parameter>font</parameter> not appearing
290in <parameter>pat</parameter>, elements of <parameter>pat</parameter> not appearing in <parameter>font</parameter> and the best matching
291value from <parameter>pat</parameter> for elements appearing in both. The result is passed to
b21bea37 292FcConfigSubstituteWithPat with <parameter>kind</parameter> FcMatchFont and then returned.
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295@RET@ FcFontSet *
296@FUNC@ FcFontList
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297@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
298@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p
39381776 299@TYPE3@ FcObjectSet * @ARG3@ os
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300@PURPOSE@ List fonts
301@DESC@
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302Selects fonts matching <parameter>p</parameter>, creates patterns from those fonts containing
303only the objects in <parameter>os</parameter> and returns the set of unique such patterns.
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f2772d6b 306@RET@ FcChar8 *
39381776 307@FUNC@ FcConfigFilename
f2772d6b 308@TYPE1@ const FcChar8 * @ARG1@ name
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309@PURPOSE@ Find a config file
310@DESC@
311Given the specified external entity name, return the associated filename.
312This provides applications a way to convert various configuration file
39381776 313references into filename form.
bfc2dc3a 314 </para><para>
2df0c662 315A null or empty <parameter>name</parameter> indicates that the default configuration file should
bfc2dc3a 316be used; which file this references can be overridden with the
2df0c662 317FC_CONFIG_FILE environment variable. Next, if the name starts with <parameter>~</parameter>, it
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318refers to a file in the current users home directory. Otherwise if the name
319doesn't start with '/', it refers to a file in the default configuration
320directory; the built-in default directory can be overridden with the
321FC_CONFIG_DIR environment variable.
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323
324@RET@ FcBool
325@FUNC@ FcConfigParseAndLoad
326@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config
327@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file
26437d49 328@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ complain
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329@PURPOSE@ load a configuration file
330@DESC@
331Walks the configuration in 'file' and constructs the internal representation
332in 'config'. Any include files referenced from within 'file' will be loaded
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333and parsed. If 'complain' is FcFalse, no warning will be displayed if
334'file' does not exist. Error and warning messages will be output to stderr.
335Returns FcFalse if some error occurred while loading the file, either a
336parse error, semantic error or allocation failure. Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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