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		bostonvaulter2 on July 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iTerm2 has a new drawing engine that uses Metal 2 I disagree that ligatures are gimmicky in a general sense, but they definitely don't seem necessary for a terminal window. And doubly so if they impact performance.

inferiorhuman on July 28, 2018 [–]

Ligatures are great in a terminal with the right font. For example Fira Code does some nice things with ligatures for not-equal, 0x, rockets, etc.

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