One nit: whatever IDE is displaying single-character surrogates for == and != needs to stop. In a world where one could literally type those Unicode symbols in, and break a build, I think everyone is better off seeing the actual syntax.
I think it’s a lineature. FiraCide does that for example, and I like it very much. My compiler and lsp will tell me if there is a bad char there. Besides, the linea tires take the same space as two regular characters, so you can tell the difference.
It’s not the 90s anymore. My editor can look nice.
If your build fails because you can’t track down the literal ≠ in the code I would recommend just looking at the compiler error. I understand the concerns about == vs = more but the vast majority of LSPs (and some compilers) will catch that too.
I have also yet to see any IDE enable ligatures by default, at least VS Code and the JetBrains suite both require opting into them even though their default fonts support them.
One nit: whatever IDE is displaying single-character surrogates for
==and!=needs to stop. In a world where one could literally type those Unicode symbols in, and break a build, I think everyone is better off seeing the actual syntax.I think it’s a lineature. FiraCide does that for example, and I like it very much. My compiler and lsp will tell me if there is a bad char there. Besides, the linea tires take the same space as two regular characters, so you can tell the difference.
It’s not the 90s anymore. My editor can look nice.
Ligature, not lineature.
Oops, good to know.
I love ligatures but much prefer the ones that preserve the proper width of all the characters for this exact reason
are there ligatures for monospace fonts that don’t preserve the width of the characters?
If your build fails because you can’t track down the literal
≠in the code I would recommend just looking at the compiler error. I understand the concerns about==vs=more but the vast majority of LSPs (and some compilers) will catch that too.I have also yet to see any IDE enable ligatures by default, at least VS Code and the JetBrains suite both require opting into them even though their default fonts support them.