Ligature request: %>% pipe operator in R
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Description
We use the pipe operator %>% a lot in the Tidyverse set of packages in the R programming language. It's a way of stringing together many functions, converting them from prefix to infix. It would be really nice to have a pipe ligature.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing how Fira Code defines comparable programming ligatures and compare the requested %>% rendering with the attached screenshot. The work is done when the R/Tidyverse pipe operator has a consistent ligature in the font and its appearance matches the requested design.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100