tonsky / tonsky/FiraCode

Ligature Request +- and -+

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Description

Quite often in comments I have plus-minus as +-, it would be nice to render this as a proper plus-minus symbol (a la latex's \pm) and for completeness -+ could map to minus-plus (respectively \mp).

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No source file or test is identified in the issue. Locate the project's ligature definitions and font build entry point, then verify that +- renders as plus-minus and -+ renders as minus-plus in the generated font.

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Tech stack
clojure
Domain
design
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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