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as I said > Of course, this is not universal and only works with monospace fonts in certain languages. But even then, monospace didn't go away. Most developer
by deckard1 5y ago
as I said
> Of course, this is not universal and only works with monospace fonts in certain languages.
But even then, monospace didn't go away. Most developers are working with code in monospace right now.
- megameter 5y agoMonospace is the more sensible option as an editing medium for symbolic content. It's in having "WYSIWYG" editors that do everything in one modeless widget that we start getting this particular kind of feature creep. And considering how awful it tends to be to navigate a complex word processing task in Word or LibreOffice even now - mystery-meat selections abound - I'm not sure this is the right feature to support all of the time.
- crazygringo 5y agoSpeak for yourself. Proportional fonts are more aesthetically pleasing and legible (the entire reason for their existence). When I'm editing "symbolic content", I like it to be easy on my eyes. If I'm constantly re-reading what I've just written, I appreciate the added legibility. (With the exception of heavily punctuation-based computer code, of course, where monospace results in greater legibility.)
- pessimizer 5y agoI rarely care about my position on the "page" unless I'm typesetting something (otherwise I'm just typing from X number of tabs in), and when I'm typesetting, I'm not going to use a monospaced font very often. I liked doing ANSI art back in the 80s, but that's not really interesting outside of terminal connections to a BBS.