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Configs are freed only 38when the reference count reaches zero. 39If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 40In that case this function will be similar to FcConfigGetCurrent() except that 41it increments the reference count before returning and the user is responsible 42for destroying the configuration when not needed anymore. 43@@ 44 45@RET@ void 46@FUNC@ FcConfigDestroy 47@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 48@PURPOSE@ Destroy a configuration 49@DESC@ 50Decrements the config reference count. If all references are gone, destroys 51the configuration and any data associated with it. 52Note that calling this function with the return from FcConfigGetCurrent will 53cause a new configuration to be created for use as current configuration. 54@@ 55 56@RET@ FcBool 57@FUNC@ FcConfigSetCurrent 58@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 59@PURPOSE@ Set configuration as default 60@DESC@ 61Sets the current default configuration to <parameter>config</parameter>. Implicitly calls 62FcConfigBuildFonts if necessary, and FcConfigReference() to inrease the reference count 63in <parameter>config</parameter> since 2.12.0, returning FcFalse if that call fails. 64@@ 65 66@RET@ FcConfig * 67@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCurrent 68@TYPE1@ void 69@PURPOSE@ Return current configuration 70@DESC@ 71Returns the current default configuration. 72@@ 73 74@RET@ FcBool 75@FUNC@ FcConfigUptoDate 76@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 77@PURPOSE@ Check timestamps on config files 78@DESC@ 79Checks all of the files related to <parameter>config</parameter> and returns 80whether any of them has been modified since the configuration was created. 81If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 82@@ 83 84@RET@ FcChar8 * 85@FUNC@ FcConfigHome 86@TYPE1@ void 87@PURPOSE@ return the current home directory. 88@DESC@ 89Return the current user's home directory, if it is available, and if using it 90is enabled, and NULL otherwise. 91See also <function>FcConfigEnableHome</function>). 92@@ 93 94@RET@ FcBool 95@FUNC@ FcConfigEnableHome 96@TYPE1@ FcBool% @ARG1@ enable 97@PURPOSE@ controls use of the home directory. 98@DESC@ 99If <parameter>enable</parameter> is FcTrue, then Fontconfig will use various 100files which are specified relative to the user's home directory (using the ~ 101notation in the configuration). When <parameter>enable</parameter> is 102FcFalse, then all use of the home directory in these contexts will be 103disabled. The previous setting of the value is returned. 104@@ 105 106@RET@ FcBool 107@FUNC@ FcConfigBuildFonts 108@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 109@PURPOSE@ Build font database 110@DESC@ 111Builds the set of available fonts for the given configuration. Note that 112any changes to the configuration after this call have indeterminate effects. 113Returns FcFalse if this operation runs out of memory. 114If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 115@@ 116 117@RET@ FcStrList * 118@FUNC@ FcConfigGetConfigDirs 119@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 120@PURPOSE@ Get config directories 121@DESC@ 122Returns the list of font directories specified in the configuration files 123for <parameter>config</parameter>. Does not include any subdirectories. 124If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 125@@ 126 127@RET@ FcStrList * 128@FUNC@ FcConfigGetFontDirs 129@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 130@PURPOSE@ Get font directories 131@DESC@ 132Returns the list of font directories in <parameter>config</parameter>. This includes the 133configured font directories along with any directories below those in the 134filesystem. 135If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 136@@ 137 138@RET@ FcStrList * 139@FUNC@ FcConfigGetConfigFiles 140@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 141@PURPOSE@ Get config files 142@DESC@ 143Returns the list of known configuration files used to generate <parameter>config</parameter>. 144If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 145@@ 146 147@RET@ FcChar8 * 148@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCache 149@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 150@PURPOSE@ DEPRECATED used to return per-user cache filename 151@DESC@ 152With fontconfig no longer using per-user cache files, this function now 153simply returns NULL to indicate that no per-user file exists. 154@@ 155 156@RET@ FcStrList * 157@FUNC@ FcConfigGetCacheDirs 158@TYPE1@ const FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 159@PURPOSE@ return the list of directories searched for cache files 160@DESC@ 161<function>FcConfigGetCacheDirs</function> returns a string list containing 162all of the directories that fontconfig will search when attempting to load a 163cache file for a font directory. 164If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 165@@ 166 167@RET@ FcFontSet * 168@FUNC@ FcConfigGetFonts 169@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 170@TYPE2@ FcSetName% @ARG2@ set 171@PURPOSE@ Get config font set 172@DESC@ 173Returns one of the two sets of fonts from the configuration as specified 174by <parameter>set</parameter>. This font set is owned by the library and must 175not be modified or freed. 176If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 177@@ 178 179@RET@ FcBlanks * 180@FUNC@ FcConfigGetBlanks 181@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 182@PURPOSE@ Get config blanks 183@DESC@ 184FcBlanks is deprecated. 185This function always returns NULL. 186@@ 187 188@RET@ int 189@FUNC@ FcConfigGetRescanInterval 190@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 191@PURPOSE@ Get config rescan interval 192@DESC@ 193Returns the interval between automatic checks of the configuration (in 194seconds) specified in <parameter>config</parameter>. The configuration is checked during 195a call to FcFontList when this interval has passed since the last check. 196An interval setting of zero disables automatic checks. 197If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 198@@ 199 200@RET@ FcBool 201@FUNC@ FcConfigSetRescanInterval 202@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 203@TYPE2@ int% @ARG2@ rescanInterval 204@PURPOSE@ Set config rescan interval 205@DESC@ 206Sets the rescan interval. Returns FcFalse if the interval cannot be set (due 207to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue. 208An interval setting of zero disables automatic checks. 209If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 210@@ 211 212@RET@ FcBool 213@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddFile 214@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 215@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file 216@PURPOSE@ Add font file to font database 217@DESC@ 218Adds an application-specific font to the configuration. Returns FcFalse 219if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure or no fonts found). 220Otherwise returns FcTrue. If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, 221the current configuration is used. 222@@ 223 224@RET@ FcBool 225@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontAddDir 226@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 227@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ dir 228@PURPOSE@ Add fonts from directory to font database 229@DESC@ 230Scans the specified directory for fonts, adding each one found to the 231application-specific set of fonts. Returns FcFalse 232if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure). 233Otherwise returns FcTrue. If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, 234the current configuration is used. 235@@ 236 237@RET@ void 238@FUNC@ FcConfigAppFontClear 239@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 240@PURPOSE@ Remove all app fonts from font database 241@DESC@ 242Clears the set of application-specific fonts. 243If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 244@@ 245 246@RET@ FcBool 247@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstituteWithPat 248@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 249@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p 250@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ p_pat 251@TYPE4@ FcMatchKind% @ARG4@ kind 252@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions 253@DESC@ 254Performs the sequence of pattern modification operations, if <parameter>kind</parameter> is 255FcMatchPattern, then those tagged as pattern operations are applied, else 256if <parameter>kind</parameter> is FcMatchFont, those tagged as font operations are applied and 257p_pat is used for <test> elements with target=pattern. Returns FcFalse 258if the substitution cannot be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue. 259If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 260@@ 261 262@RET@ FcBool 263@FUNC@ FcConfigSubstitute 264@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 265@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p 266@TYPE3@ FcMatchKind% @ARG3@ kind 267@PURPOSE@ Execute substitutions 268@DESC@ 269Calls FcConfigSubstituteWithPat setting p_pat to NULL. Returns FcFalse 270if the substitution cannot be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue. 271If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 272@@ 273 274@RET@ FcPattern * 275@FUNC@ FcFontMatch 276@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 277@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p 278@TYPE3@ FcResult * @ARG3@ result 279@PURPOSE@ Return best font 280@DESC@ 281Finds the font in <parameter>sets</parameter> most closely matching 282<parameter>pattern</parameter> and returns the result of 283<function>FcFontRenderPrepare</function> for that font and the provided 284pattern. This function should be called only after 285<function>FcConfigSubstitute</function> and 286<function>FcDefaultSubstitute</function> have been called for 287<parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct. 288If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 289@@ 290 291@RET@ FcFontSet * 292@FUNC@ FcFontSort 293@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 294@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p 295@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ trim 296@TYPE4@ FcCharSet ** @ARG4@ csp 297@TYPE5@ FcResult * @ARG5@ result 298@PURPOSE@ Return list of matching fonts 299@DESC@ 300Returns the list of fonts sorted by closeness to <parameter>p</parameter>. If <parameter>trim</parameter> is FcTrue, 301elements in the list which don't include Unicode coverage not provided by 302earlier elements in the list are elided. The union of Unicode coverage of 303all of the fonts is returned in <parameter>csp</parameter>, if <parameter>csp</parameter> is not NULL. This function 304should be called only after FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have 305been called for <parameter>p</parameter>; otherwise the results will not be correct. 306 </para><para> 307The returned FcFontSet references FcPattern structures which may be shared 308by the return value from multiple FcFontSort calls, applications must not 309modify these patterns. Instead, they should be passed, along with <parameter>p</parameter> to 310<function>FcFontRenderPrepare</function> which combines them into a complete pattern. 311 </para><para> 312The FcFontSet returned by FcFontSort is destroyed by calling FcFontSetDestroy. 313If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used. 314@@ 315 316@RET@ FcPattern * 317@FUNC@ FcFontRenderPrepare 318@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 319@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ pat 320@TYPE3@ FcPattern * @ARG3@ font 321@PURPOSE@ Prepare pattern for loading font file 322@DESC@ 323Creates a new pattern consisting of elements of <parameter>font</parameter> not appearing 324in <parameter>pat</parameter>, elements of <parameter>pat</parameter> not appearing in <parameter>font</parameter> and the best matching 325value from <parameter>pat</parameter> for elements appearing in both. The result is passed to 326FcConfigSubstituteWithPat with <parameter>kind</parameter> FcMatchFont and then returned. 327@@ 328 329@RET@ FcFontSet * 330@FUNC@ FcFontList 331@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 332@TYPE2@ FcPattern * @ARG2@ p 333@TYPE3@ FcObjectSet * @ARG3@ os 334@PURPOSE@ List fonts 335@DESC@ 336Selects fonts matching <parameter>p</parameter>, creates patterns from those fonts containing 337only the objects in <parameter>os</parameter> and returns the set of unique such patterns. 338If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the default configuration is checked 339to be up to date, and used. 340@@ 341 342@RET@ FcChar8 * 343@FUNC@ FcConfigFilename 344@TYPE1@ const FcChar8 * @ARG1@ name 345@PURPOSE@ Find a config file 346@DESC@ 347Given the specified external entity name, return the associated filename. 348This provides applications a way to convert various configuration file 349references into filename form. 350 </para><para> 351A null or empty <parameter>name</parameter> indicates that the default configuration file should 352be used; which file this references can be overridden with the 353FONTCONFIG_FILE environment variable. Next, if the name starts with <parameter>~</parameter>, it 354refers to a file in the current users home directory. Otherwise if the name 355doesn't start with '/', it refers to a file in the default configuration 356directory; the built-in default directory can be overridden with the 357FONTCONFIG_PATH environment variable. 358@@ 359 360@RET@ FcBool 361@FUNC@ FcConfigParseAndLoad 362@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 363@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ file 364@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ complain 365@PURPOSE@ load a configuration file 366@DESC@ 367Walks the configuration in 'file' and constructs the internal representation 368in 'config'. Any include files referenced from within 'file' will be loaded 369and parsed. If 'complain' is FcFalse, no warning will be displayed if 370'file' does not exist. Error and warning messages will be output to stderr. 371Returns FcFalse if some error occurred while loading the file, either a 372parse error, semantic error or allocation failure. Otherwise returns FcTrue. 373@@ 374 375@RET@ FcBool 376@FUNC@ FcConfigParseAndLoadFromMemory 377@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 378@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ buffer 379@TYPE3@ FcBool% @ARG3@ complain 380@PURPOSE@ load a configuration from memory 381@DESC@ 382Walks the configuration in 'memory' and constructs the internal representation 383in 'config'. Any includes files referenced from within 'memory' will be loaded 384and dparsed. If 'complain' is FcFalse, no warning will be displayed if 385'file' does not exist. Error and warning messages will be output to stderr. 386Returns FcFalse if fsome error occurred while loading the file, either a 387parse error, semantic error or allocation failure. Otherwise returns FcTrue. 388@SINCE@ 2.12.5 389@@ 390 391@RET@ const FcChar8 * 392@FUNC@ FcConfigGetSysRoot 393@TYPE1@ const FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 394@PURPOSE@ Obtain the system root directory 395@DESC@ 396Obtrains the system root directory in 'config' if available. 397@SINCE@ 2.10.92 398@@ 399 400@RET@ void 401@FUNC@ FcConfigSetSysRoot 402@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 403@TYPE2@ const FcChar8 * @ARG2@ sysroot 404@PURPOSE@ Set the system root directory 405@DESC@ 406Set 'sysroot' as the system root directory. fontconfig prepend 'sysroot' 407to the cache directories in order to allow people to generate caches at 408the build time. Note that this causes changing current config. i.e. 409this function calls FcConfigSetCurrent() internally. 410@SINCE@ 2.10.92 411@@ 412 413@RET@ void 414@FUNC@ FcConfigFileInfoIterInit 415@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 416@TYPE2@ FcConfigFileInfoIter * @ARG2@ iter 417@PURPOSE@ Initialize the iterator 418@DESC@ 419Initialize 'iter' with the first iterator in the config file information list. 420@SINCE@ 2.12.91 421@@ 422 423@RET@ FcBool 424@FUNC@ FcConfigFileInfoIterNext 425@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 426@TYPE2@ FcConfigFileInfoIter * @ARG2@ iter 427@PURPOSE@ Set the iterator to point to the next list 428@DESC@ 429Set 'iter' to point to the next node in the config file information list. 430If there is no next node, FcFalse is returned. 431@SINCE@ 2.12.91 432@@ 433 434@RET@ FcBool 435@FUNC@ FcConfigFileInfoIterGet 436@TYPE1@ FcConfig * @ARG1@ config 437@TYPE2@ FcConfigFileInfoIter * @ARG2@ iter 438@TYPE3@ FcChar8 ** @ARG3@ name 439@TYPE4@ FcChar8 ** @ARG4@ description 440@TYPE5@ FcBool * @ARG5@ enabled 441@PURPOSE@ Obtain the configuration file information 442@DESC@ 443Obtain the filename, the description and the flag whether it is enabled or not 444for 'iter' where points to current configuration file information. 445If the iterator is invalid, FcFalse is returned. 446@SINCE@ 2.12.91 447@@ 448