Update documentation for removal of blanks

Patch from Jerry Casiano.

4 files changed, 29 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/doc/fcblanks.fncs b/doc/fcblanks.fncs
index b0996d64..776ed704 100644
--- a/doc/fcblanks.fncs
+++ b/doc/fcblanks.fncs
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 @TYPE1@		void
 @PURPOSE@	Create an FcBlanks
 @DESC@
-Creates an empty FcBlanks object.
+FcBlanks is deprecated.
+This function always returns NULL.
 @@
 
 @RET@		void
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ Creates an empty FcBlanks object.
 @TYPE1@		FcBlanks *			@ARG1@		b
 @PURPOSE@	Destroy and FcBlanks
 @DESC@
-Destroys an FcBlanks object, freeing any associated memory.
+FcBlanks is deprecated.
+This function does nothing.
 @@
 
 @RET@		FcBool
@@ -43,8 +45,8 @@ Destroys an FcBlanks object, freeing any associated memory.
 @TYPE2@		FcChar32% 			@ARG2@		ucs4
 @PURPOSE@	Add a character to an FcBlanks
 @DESC@
-Adds a single character to an FcBlanks object, returning FcFalse
-if this process ran out of memory.
+FcBlanks is deprecated.
+This function always returns FALSE.
 @@
 
 @RET@		FcBool
@@ -53,6 +55,6 @@ if this process ran out of memory.
 @TYPE2@		FcChar32% 			@ARG2@		ucs4
 @PURPOSE@	Query membership in an FcBlanks
 @DESC@
-Returns whether the specified FcBlanks object contains the indicated Unicode
-value.
+FcBlanks is deprecated.
+This function always returns FALSE.
 @@
diff --git a/doc/fcconfig.fncs b/doc/fcconfig.fncs
index 7377192f..80f9b58c 100644
--- a/doc/fcconfig.fncs
+++ b/doc/fcconfig.fncs
@@ -181,11 +181,8 @@ If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used.
 @TYPE1@         FcConfig *                      @ARG1@          config
 @PURPOSE@	Get config blanks
 @DESC@
-Returns the FcBlanks object associated with the given configuration, if no
-blanks were present in the configuration, this function will return 0.
-The returned FcBlanks object if not NULL, is valid as long as the owning
-FcConfig is alive.
-If <parameter>config</parameter> is NULL, the current configuration is used.
+FcBlanks is deprecated.
+This function always returns NULL.
 @@
 
 @RET@           int
diff --git a/doc/fcfreetype.fncs b/doc/fcfreetype.fncs
index e4cca46a..15a9fc4b 100644
--- a/doc/fcfreetype.fncs
+++ b/doc/fcfreetype.fncs
@@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ higher level functions.
 @TYPE2@         FcBlanks *			@ARG2@          blanks
 @PURPOSE@	compute Unicode coverage
 @DESC@
-Scans a FreeType face and returns the set of encoded Unicode chars.  This scans
-several encoding tables to build as complete a list as possible.  
-If 'blanks' is not 0, the glyphs in the font are examined and any blank glyphs
-not in 'blanks' are not placed in the returned FcCharSet.
+Scans a FreeType face and returns the set of encoded Unicode chars.
+FcBlanks is deprecated, <parameter>blanks</parameter> is ignored and
+accepted only for compatibility with older code.
 @@
 
 @SYNOPSIS@
@@ -64,10 +63,8 @@ not in 'blanks' are not placed in the returned FcCharSet.
 @PURPOSE@	compute Unicode coverage and spacing type
 @DESC@
 Scans a FreeType face and returns the set of encoded Unicode chars.
-This scans
-several encoding tables to build as complete a list as possible.  
-If 'blanks' is not 0, the glyphs in the font are examined and any blank glyphs
-not in 'blanks' are not placed in the returned FcCharSet.
+FcBlanks is deprecated, <parameter>blanks</parameter> is ignored and
+accepted only for compatibility with older code.
 <parameter>spacing</parameter> receives the computed spacing type of the
 font, one of FC_MONO for a font where all glyphs have the same width,
 FC_DUAL, where the font has glyphs in precisely two widths, one twice as
@@ -88,6 +85,8 @@ widths.
 @DESC@
 Constructs a pattern representing the 'id'th font in 'file'.  The number
 of fonts in 'file' is returned in 'count'.
+FcBlanks is deprecated, <parameter>blanks</parameter> is ignored and
+accepted only for compatibility with older code.
 @@
 
 @SYNOPSIS@
@@ -103,4 +102,6 @@ of fonts in 'file' is returned in 'count'.
 @DESC@
 Constructs a pattern representing 'face'. 'file' and 'id' are used solely as
 data for pattern elements (FC_FILE, FC_INDEX and sometimes FC_FAMILY).
+FcBlanks is deprecated, <parameter>blanks</parameter> is ignored and
+accepted only for compatibility with older code.
 @@
diff --git a/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml b/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
index d0ec8a57..6a6caef6 100644
--- a/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
+++ b/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
@@ -380,6 +380,11 @@ holds a list of Unicode chars which are expected to be blank; unexpectedly
 blank chars are assumed to be invalid and are elided from the charset
 associated with the font.
     </para>
+    <para>
+        FcBlanks is deprecated and should not be used in newly written code.
+        It is still accepted by some functions for compatibility with
+        older code but will be removed in the future.
+    </para>
   </sect2>
   <sect2><title>FcFileCache</title>
     <para>
@@ -558,6 +563,11 @@ empty and not in this list will be assumed to be broken and not placed in
 the FcCharSet associated with the font.  This provides a significantly more
 accurate CharSet for applications.
     </para>
+    <para>
+        FcBlanks is deprecated and should not be used in newly written code.
+        It is still accepted by some functions for compatibility with
+        older code but will be removed in the future.
+    </para>
     &fcblanks;
   </sect2>
   <sect2><title>FcAtomic</title>