On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:28:47 +0100, Francesco Pretto wrote: > Such function (tentative function name FcConfigGetCurrentDirect) > would be useful to determine the configuration was already > initialized or not and allow to set a custom default if no existing > configuration was found. It seems to me, an application shouldn’t go messing about with a user’s default settings. Create a custom application-specific configuration, by all means, and base it on the default as appropriate. But don’t go replacing the default -- leave that up to user-controlled configuration tools.