Add a changelog entry for the last merge

Also some misc code/docs cleanups for it.

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 
 - Allow specifying text formatting in :opt:`tab_title_template` (:iss:`3146`)
 
+- Linux: Read :opt:`font_features` from the FontConfig database as well, so
+  that they can be configured in a single, central location (:pull:`3174`)
+
 - Graphics protocol: Add support for giving individual image placements their
   own ids and for asking the terminal emulator to assign ids for images. Also
   allow suppressing responses from the terminal to commands.

kitty/config_data.py

@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ Note that this code is indexed by PostScript name, and not the font
 family. This allows you to define very precise feature settings; e.g. you can
 disable a feature in the italic font but not in the regular font.
 
-By default they are derived automatically, by the OSes font system (linux only).
+On Linux, these are read from the FontConfig database first and then this,
+setting is applied, so they can be configured in a single, central place.
 
 To get the PostScript name for a font, use :code:`kitty + list-fonts --psnames`:
 

kitty/fonts/core_text.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def list_fonts() -> Generator[ListedFont, None, None]:
 
 def find_font_features(postscript_name: str) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
     """Not Implemented"""
-    return tuple()
+    return ()
 
 
 def find_best_match(family: str, bold: bool = False, italic: bool = False) -> CoreTextFont:

kitty/fonts/fontconfig.py

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ def fc_match(family: str, bold: bool, italic: bool, spacing: int = FC_MONO) -> F
 def find_font_features(postscript_name: str) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
     pat = fc_match_postscript_name(postscript_name)
 
-    if 'postscript_name' not in pat or pat['postscript_name'] != postscript_name or 'fontfeatures' not in pat:
-        return tuple()
+    if pat.get('postscript_name') != postscript_name or 'fontfeatures' not in pat:
+        return ()
 
     features = []
     for feat in pat['fontfeatures']: