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It's all down to font differences. You would use the file with a font that uses larger letters diagonally, for control pictures, instead of tiny letters horizon
by pie_flavor 3y ago
It's all down to font differences. You would use the file with a font that uses larger letters diagonally, for control pictures, instead of tiny letters horizontally.
And the main benefit isn't anything to do with the editor, I have no idea what you meant by that. The main benefit is that commas show up a lot more often in normal text than control pictures do.
- vidarh 3y agoThere's no space for larger letters diagonally unless I waste screen estate by increasing the font size, which I categorically will not do. So I'd need to replace a font I'm happy with and find one with other symbols that are readable enough. In which case it's just as easy and less invasive for me to adjust my editor to display them using different glyphs. In which case I can just as well do that with the actually ASCII control characters. The point is that their stated "advantage" does not exist for me. I still need to make changes to my setup to handle them. In which case why should I pick this option? (as you can see elsewhere, especially as this isn't the only issue I have with their format choices). > And the main benefit isn't anything to do with the editor, I have no idea what you meant by that. The main benefit relative to using the actual control characters is only the tool support. Where this does not work for me without making changes anyway to how the symbols are displayed anyway. Hence that "advantage" does not actually buy me anything.