[Fontconfig] Adding a font directory scanned non-recursively

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le dimanche 02 avril 2023 à 03:08 +0200, Jean Abou Samra a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to do something like FcConfigAppFontAddDir, but only looking
> for font files in the directory itself, not recursing into subdirectories?
> 
> For background, LilyPond, which uses Fontconfig to search for fonts, has its
> own include path for LilyPond files. Since there is tooling (IDE) support built
> around that, it would be nice to make LilyPond search for fonts in that path.
> I tried adding all the directories it contains with FcConfigAppFontAddDir,
> and it kind of works, but then, if I run LilyPond in, say, my home folder,
> it hangs, because it's scanning the tens of thousands of directories inside for
> font files...


PS: I know I can list the files myself and add them with FcConfigAppFontAddFile.
Just trying to know if there is a more elegant way, esp. one that does not require
me to be able to tell if a given file is a font file.
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