tonsky / tonsky/FiraCode

Ligature Request: += -=*= !< !<= !> !>= etc

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Description

simple request i noticed their is no ligature for symbols mentioned in title
example:

$var += 1;
$var *= 1;

would become

$var ⩲ 1
$var ≛ 1;

as well as

1 !< 1
1 !>1
2 !<= 1
1 !>= 2

would be (because of the github font ill link images of what they should look like)

1 ≮ 1 http://www.i2symbol.com/images/symbols/math/not_less_than_u226E_icon_256x256.png
1 ≯ 1 http://www.i2symbol.com/images/symbols/math/not_greater_than_u226F_icon_256x256.png
2 ≰ 1 http://www.i2symbol.com/images/symbols/math/less_than_but_not_equal_to_u2268_icon_256x256.png
2 ≱ 1 http://www.i2symbol.com/images/symbols/math/greater_than_but_not_equal_to_u2269_icon_256x256.png

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