[Fontconfig] fontconfig & font tree list

[Samuel Brassard]

Hello everyone.

I have always been irritated by the fact that fonts always show as only 
one alphabetical list. A real annoyance for people with lots of fonts 
installed. How come it has never changed? Wouldn't it be nice if 
fontconfig returned data that would allow programs to produce a 
user-created font tree list? Something like :

All fonts >　　
　　(regular alphabetical list of fonts)
Fonts I like the best >
     Baskerville
     Times New Roman
Japanese fonts >
　　MSゴシック
　　MS明朝
Fonts I use for work >
　　Baskerville
　　Japanese >
　　　　MSゴシック
　　　　MS明朝
Cool pop fonts >
　　SweetCandy Ninja
　　SweetCandy Ninja Bold


The tree list would originate from ~./fonts.conf :

<match target="font">
	<test qual="any" name="fullname"><string>MS明朝</string></test>
	<edit name="usersort" mode="append_last"><string>Japanese 
fonts</string></edit>
	<edit name="usersort" mode="append_last"><string>Fonts I use at 
work\Japanese</string></edit>
</match>


How does that sound? Am I looking at the right place anyway?
I think I could try to put my hands into that.