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Re: Show HN: Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

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Post by johannes1234321 »

samsaga2 wrote: post #36
tony wrote: post #4

Microsoft is just on a roll when it comes to open source. - Windows Terminal is pretty solid, and fast. Dare I say, nearing rxvt-unicode/kitty speed. There are some remaining terminal corruption with tmux + vim sessions, but soon enough it'll be replacing hyper/conemu for me. - WSL 2 alleviates file system issues that plagued WSL. I recently wiped debian off my Thinkpad because there's no point, I get everything I ne…

- Windows Terminal is nice but the windows command line is not. I don't like PowerShell, it is too verbose. - WSL 2 is not stable and it is only available for the Windows Insider program. And it does not have X. - Windows 10 drivers sucks. For example, Intel Graphics drivers has a lot of bugs. - ClearType has been improved but Linux and Mac font aliasing is a lot better. - I cannot upgrade my laptop to the last Windo…

> - Windows desktop is nice but is not for me. I would like to remove the task bar and install something like i3wm.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20895031

Re: Show HN: Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

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Post by chrismorgan »

johannes1234321 wrote: post #61
samsaga2 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- Windows Terminal is nice but the windows command line is not. I don't like PowerShell, it is too verbose. - WSL 2 is not stable and it is only available for the Windows Insider program. And it does not have X. - Windows 10 drivers sucks. For example, Intel Graphics drivers has a lot of bugs. - ClearType has been improved but Linux and Mac font aliasing is a lot better. - I cannot upgrade my laptop to the last Windo…

> - Windows desktop is nice but is not for me. I would like to remove the task bar and install something like i3wm. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20895031

Fancy Zones is a long way off being a full tiling window manager like i3.

Re: Show HN: Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

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Post by frosted-flakes »

29athrowaway wrote: post #42
throwaway8941 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah. I, for one, am fed up with feeling as a third-class citizen every single day. I recently moved back to Windows after using Linux exclusively for five years. My opinion will probably prove unpopular here, but here goes: I have seen close to zero progress in making Linux a better desktop operating system in all this time, while MS has been doing solid work in making Windows a more development friendly environment.…

On the contrary, being able to tinker with absolutely everything is what makes me feel like a first-class citizen on Linux.

There's a lot of value in sane defaults, and in learning to accept them. Having to tinker and adjust everything quickly becomes a chore.

Re: Show HN: Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

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Post by wycy »

tony wrote: post #4

Microsoft is just on a roll when it comes to open source. - Windows Terminal is pretty solid, and fast. Dare I say, nearing rxvt-unicode/kitty speed. There are some remaining terminal corruption with tmux + vim sessions, but soon enough it'll be replacing hyper/conemu for me. - WSL 2 alleviates file system issues that plagued WSL. I recently wiped debian off my Thinkpad because there's no point, I get everything I ne…

> Unlike Apple where you're stuck with an expensive metal wedge, a keyboard you may not (or may!) like, that at least for me gets miserably slow after 3 years

That's strange. My iMac has been on its original installation of MacOS since 2012 and feels just as performant as on day 1 despite all other computers being faster.

Re: Show HN: Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

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Post by wycy »

samsaga2 wrote: post #36
tony wrote: post #4

Microsoft is just on a roll when it comes to open source. - Windows Terminal is pretty solid, and fast. Dare I say, nearing rxvt-unicode/kitty speed. There are some remaining terminal corruption with tmux + vim sessions, but soon enough it'll be replacing hyper/conemu for me. - WSL 2 alleviates file system issues that plagued WSL. I recently wiped debian off my Thinkpad because there's no point, I get everything I ne…

- Windows Terminal is nice but the windows command line is not. I don't like PowerShell, it is too verbose. - WSL 2 is not stable and it is only available for the Windows Insider program. And it does not have X. - Windows 10 drivers sucks. For example, Intel Graphics drivers has a lot of bugs. - ClearType has been improved but Linux and Mac font aliasing is a lot better. - I cannot upgrade my laptop to the last Windo…

> - Windows really need a package manager. And not, Chocolatey is not enough.

A package manager isn't really necessary on Windows, since Windows doesn't have a web of interdependent packages to manage.

Re: Show HN: Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

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Post by helb »

degski wrote: post #8

Did anyone look at some code in Visual Studio with this font. You'll be surprised how `!=` looks like with this font (C++), it's pretty cool [and I've never seen anything like it before]!

These are called "ligatures".

My long-time favorite font, Iosevka, does 'em too: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka#ligations

Another coding font thread from 2017 with some other examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255523

Re: Show HN: Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

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Post by throwaway13249 »

wycy wrote: post #67
samsaga2 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- Windows Terminal is nice but the windows command line is not. I don't like PowerShell, it is too verbose. - WSL 2 is not stable and it is only available for the Windows Insider program. And it does not have X. - Windows 10 drivers sucks. For example, Intel Graphics drivers has a lot of bugs. - ClearType has been improved but Linux and Mac font aliasing is a lot better. - I cannot upgrade my laptop to the last Windo…

> - Windows really need a package manager. And not, Chocolatey is not enough. A package manager isn't really necessary on Windows, since Windows doesn't have a web of interdependent packages to manage.

/s
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