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1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 13:09:24 EST ∑ XahLee

   courier, courier new, and menlo, all have the same metric. Meaning, their width and line height don't change. #emacs

   1. ｉｔｍ１０８ (itm108@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 14:26:59 EST ｉｔｍ１０８

      in reply to

      @xahlee what's your opinion on fonts with "programming ligatures", like Fira Code https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode ?

      1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 14:59:49 EST ∑ XahLee

         in reply to

         @itm108 i think it's great.

         but i wouldn't use it. because it adds complexity.

         for example, it shows !== as 3 bars with a slash.

         basically, the ascii does not match very well the what's the intended appearance of the symbol.

         so, there's a brain conversion step too.

         i'd rather, have language support user defined unicode operators. And or, use unicode operators out of the box.

         but there's a tremendous resistance of that among programers.