I've added it for Factorio 1.0 and 1.1 (1.0 only because it's christmas time, since i normally don't add features for old versions)
Loading presets while holding shift + control will merge the presets without preserving the slot number. If you have gaps in one of the presets it will be preserved. That's what i understood by "appending".
There are a few more ways that merging could be done (e.g. start appending each preset in a new row, so that you still have some sort of sense where a preset starts).
I'm currently working on a new feature that kind of has to do with that (importing all craftable items and order them), so i'll see if i can come up with ways for reorganizing the requests in different ways.