top | item 14366933 (no title) bengoodger | 8 years ago It takes special effort to configure a variable width font in a code editor. I have to wonder if they do this to troll observant people like you :p discuss order hn newest woobar|8 years ago It takes zero effort in IntelliJ (pictured above).I remember reading a suggestion about proportional fonts in a discussion on HN about code editor preferences. Switched to them several years ago and never looked back. thomastjeffery|8 years ago I can see the appeal, so long as characters like l1I are distinguishable, and indentation was done well. rusk|8 years ago It probably ties into the whole tabs vs whitespace thread ... dmix|8 years ago They chose to side with tabs to troll the programmers who know what they are talking about? load replies (1)
woobar|8 years ago It takes zero effort in IntelliJ (pictured above).I remember reading a suggestion about proportional fonts in a discussion on HN about code editor preferences. Switched to them several years ago and never looked back. thomastjeffery|8 years ago I can see the appeal, so long as characters like l1I are distinguishable, and indentation was done well.
thomastjeffery|8 years ago I can see the appeal, so long as characters like l1I are distinguishable, and indentation was done well.
rusk|8 years ago It probably ties into the whole tabs vs whitespace thread ... dmix|8 years ago They chose to side with tabs to troll the programmers who know what they are talking about? load replies (1)
dmix|8 years ago They chose to side with tabs to troll the programmers who know what they are talking about? load replies (1)
woobar|8 years ago
I remember reading a suggestion about proportional fonts in a discussion on HN about code editor preferences. Switched to them several years ago and never looked back.
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dmix|8 years ago