Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
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Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
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Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#2I'm not sure that I want my equality signs to be ligature'd together. I feel like using this might mess up alignment in a monospace font.
Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#3Very interesting but I hate this for programming, feels wrong when I'm so used to 1 char == 1 fixed with char. I'm sure I could adapt but for some reason it makes my sense of programming taste not happy. What do others think?
Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#4Does this strike anyone else as a gimmick? I'm not sure if parsing symbols is really the limiting factor when I try to understand code.
Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#5I'm not sure that I want my equality signs to be ligature'd together. I feel like using this might mess up alignment in a monospace font.
At least with using ligatures in IntelliJ IDEA, I find that it makes zero difference as to how the monospaced font is aligned.
Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#6Very interesting but I hate this for programming, feels wrong when I'm so used to 1 char == 1 fixed with char. I'm sure I could adapt but for some reason it makes my sense of programming taste not happy. What do others think?
It takes some time to get used to and it's annoying to place the cursor correctly to backspace from != to =.
But it looks sexy and confuses the co-workers XD. Joke aside: I actually like making my PC mine and like the look. I don't think it makes me a faster or better programmer in any way...
Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#7I like the idea but the xml tags look horrible
Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#8Does this strike anyone else as a gimmick? I'm not sure if parsing symbols is really the limiting factor when I try to understand code.
Yes, it's a gimmick. The question whether it's a useful gimmick is an open one. I'd try it out probably, but probably it would end more confusing than helpful after the novelty wears off.
Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#9While these are cool for complete code snippets, they are distracting during coding. For example, the colon contextual alignment flickers as the context is typed, and that distraction alone outweighs any convenience of a merged symbol.
Re: Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
#10Lua's not equals `~=` gets ligatured to ≃ instead of ≠. Expected but unfortunate.