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Question: 3 dashes ligature as solid line

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Description

Hi. I think I was using an older version of the font before.
I got a new computer (Linux) and installed FiraCode.
Now when I do 3 dashes "---", I can see that it converts it to a ligature, but it has a small space separating the dashes.
On my other computer it creates a solid line. I like the solid line better for separating YAML blocks.
Is there a way to return the previous behavior with the latest version of the font?
In VSCode I have tried setting "editor.fontLigatures" to 'calt', but that did not work.
Any advice would be appreciated.

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Review the reported FiraCode ligature behavior for --- on Linux and the VSCode editor.fontLigatures setting. Compare the current rendering with the older font version described by the reporter; done means determining whether the spaced rendering is expected and documenting or reproducing a way to restore the solid line.

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Tech stack
linux, vscode
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developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Bug
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