[Fontconfig] complicated ordering
Behdad Esfahbod
behdad at behdad.org
Wed Jun 13 17:32:56 PDT 2012
On 06/13/2012 08:25 PM, Raimund Steger wrote:
> A possible over-engineered solution for family substitutes would be to promote
> fontconfig properties from list-valued to ordered-tree-valued, e. g. having
>
> family: sans--HelveticaClass--Helvetica
> | `---Arial
> +---LucidaClass-----Lucida Sans Unicode
> | `-------Lucida Grande
> `---PGothic---------HG-PGothicB-Sun
> `------------MS PGothic
>
> where nodes in the tree could be moved as unit, i. e. all the Sanses can stay
> together if an 'edit' operates on that level, and edits can assign new parents
> and childs as additional modes.
I actually kinda like this.
If we can find an expressive language that does not rely on rule orders, I
think that is an improvement.
behdad
More information about the Fontconfig
mailing list