FcConfigGetBlanks(3)

👑 FcConfigGetBlanks(3) — the fontconfig manual, section 3, bestie 💅

okay so real talk, this one's a short page, and honestly it's giving "we need to talk" energy. it lives in the fontconfig manual, section 3, and it's the whole story about getting config blanks. spoiler: there are no blanks to get. 😭

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✨ NAME ✨

FcConfigGetBlanks — get config blanks 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcBlanks * FcConfigGetBlanks (FcConfig *config);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

bestie. sit down. 🫶

FcBlanks is deprecated. like, fully deprecated. not "old but we still love her" deprecated — deprecated deprecated.

so what does this function do? it always returns NULL. that's it. that's the whole function. no blanks, no config, no nothing. it's iconic in a tragic way fr fr 💀

ngl if you're calling this expecting actual data, you're gonna have a bad time. NULL is the answer, NULL was always the answer. no cap. 🙈

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and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 hope your code is slaying elsewhere ✨

Fontconfig 2.17.0 — dated 27 June 2025 🎀 the version and date, delivered with love, exactly as the footer says 💜