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.TH "FC-GENCONF" "1" "Nov 13, 2025" "" ""

.SH NAME
fc-genconf \- generate a configuration in XML format
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBfc-genconf\fR [ \fB-fgloVh\fR ] [ \fB--family \fIfamily\fB\fR | \fB-f \fIfamily\fB\fR ] [ \fB--generic \fIgenericfamily\fB\fR | \fB-g \fIgenericfamily\fB\fR ] [ \fB--lang \fIlang\fB\fR | \fB-l \fIlang\fB\fR ] [ \fB--output \fIfile\fB\fR | \fB-o \fIfile\fB\fR ] [ \fB--version\fR ] [ \fB--help\fR ]
    [ \fB\fIfont path\fB\fR ]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBfc-genconf\fR generates a configuration in XML format
from font files where available on \fB\fIfont path\fB\fR\&.
Optional commandline options such as \fB--family\fR and \fB--generic\fR
works as filter if \fBfc-genconf\fR could not fetch a meaningful value from
a font metadata.
.PP
\fBfc-genconf\fR supports the generic alias rule and the language
specific generic alias rule.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,
with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of
options is included below.
.TP
\fB-f --family \fIname\fB \fR
Set a family name to generate a configuration for instead of the family name in the font metadata.
.TP
\fB-g --generic \fIname\fB \fR
Set a generic family name to generate a configuration for instead of the generic family name in the font metadata.
.TP
\fB-l --lang \fIlang\fB \fR
Generate the language specific generic alias rule for. If multiple languages are supposed to be covered by this, simply set them multiple times as needed.
.TP
\fB-o --output \fIfile\fB \fR
Output a configuration into \fIfile\fR\&. default is stdout.
.TP
\fB-V --version \fR
Show version of the program and exit.
.TP
\fB-h --help \fR
Show summary of options.
.TP
\fB\fIfont-path\fB \fR
A font path where is going to generate a configuration for.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBFcConfigFileGenerate\fR(3)
.PP
The fontconfig user's guide <URL:https://fontconfig.pages.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html>
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
This manual page was updated by Akira TAGOH <akira@tagoh.org>\&.