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> Many programmers believe that it is impossible, or at least impractical, to code effectively in a monospaced font. Your post was the very first place I've ev

> Many programmers believe that it is impossible, or at least impractical, to code effectively in a monospaced font. Your post was the very first place I've ever saw that assertion in any shape or form. I never heard anyone come close to make that assertion ever. Moreover, modern IDEs started featuring functionalities that rely on monospace fonts, such as selecting blocks of text by both rows and columns. You should pass off your personal opinion as your own personal opinion instead of posting baseless assertions wrapped in an unbelievable appeal to popularity.

pmoriarty 8y ago
> > Many programmers believe that it is impossible, or at least > > impractical, to code effectively in a monospaced font. > > Your post was the very first place I've ever saw that assertion in > any shape or form. I never heard anyone come close to make that > assertion ever. That's almost certainly a typo, and the GP almost certainly meant to say "without a monospace font" or "in a proportional font". In fact, 2 sentences later he/she says "You only need a monospaced font if you want to use column alignment." This is presumably meant to contradict the assertion in the first sentence.
Stratoscope 8y ago
I'm sorry, I meant to get back to you a week ago. As pmoriarty pointed out, that was indeed a typo, and a rather embarrassing one! The funny thing was that as I was writing that sentence, I first wrote: "The vast majority of programmers believe..." And then I decided to tone down the language a bit. But my initial wording would have made the typo fairly obvious. So it goes. :-) > functionalities that rely on monospace fonts, such as selecting blocks of text by both rows and columns. I use that "column selection" mode with proportional fonts too. It works fine, even though the selected block has ragged right edges.

pmoriarty 8y ago

> > Many programmers believe that it is impossible, or at least > > impractical, to code effectively in a monospaced font. > > Your post was the very first place I've ever saw that assertion in > any shape or form. I never heard anyone come close to make that > assertion ever. That's almost certainly a typo, and the GP almost certainly meant to say "without a monospace font" or "in a proportional font". In fact, 2 sentences later he/she says "You only need a monospaced font if you want to use column alignment." This is presumably meant to contradict the assertion in the first sentence.

Stratoscope 8y ago

I'm sorry, I meant to get back to you a week ago. As pmoriarty pointed out, that was indeed a typo, and a rather embarrassing one! The funny thing was that as I was writing that sentence, I first wrote: "The vast majority of programmers believe..." And then I decided to tone down the language a bit. But my initial wording would have made the typo fairly obvious. So it goes. :-) > functionalities that rely on monospace fonts, such as selecting blocks of text by both rows and columns. I use that "column selection" mode with proportional fonts too. It works fine, even though the selected block has ragged right edges.