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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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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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r
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design
Issue type
Feature
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1-2 days
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