FcConfigEnableHome(3)

💖 FcConfigEnableHome(3) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from section 3 of the manual — the fontconfig girlies know — and it's literally all about whether fontconfig is allowed to peek at your home directory. yes, that ~ life. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

FcConfigEnableHome — the little function that controls use of the home directory, no cap.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcBool FcConfigEnableHome (FcBool enable);

like, you include the header, you call the function, you pass it a bool. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea 🍓 — if enable is FcTrue, then Fontconfig will use various files which are specified relative to the user's home directory (using the ~ notation in the configuration). iconic behavior, honestly.

when enable is FcFalse, then all use of the home directory in these contexts will be disabled. like, full lockdown, the home directory is not invited to the party 🙈.

and the best part? the previous setting of the value is returned. so you always know what you were on before you flipped the switch. main character energy 👑

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💀 quick reminder bestie: this thing returns the previous setting — so don't just yeet the return value into the void unless you truly don't care. iykyk.

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🌈 a lil sign-off 🌈

that's the whole page, bestie — short and sweet, just how we like it 🫶. this absolute gem comes to you from Fontconfig 2.17.0, dated 27 June 2025. slay. 💜🧚‍♀️⭐