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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by ebg13 on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:12AM (#22054234)
Same. Any font that claims to be for programming but includes ligatures gets a "no thanks" from me accompanied by a bit of sadness because they often mar otherwise nicely designed typefaces.
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by Joeri on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @12:06PM (#22055950)
For me it is the reverse, I only want ligatures now and feel a programming font isn’t done until it supports them.
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by IAmEveryone on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:14AM (#22054249)
You really don’t have to use the ligatures, do you?
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by dnadler on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:19AM (#22054304)
You don't; there's a checkbox to toggle them, and it defaults to 'off'.
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by ScottFree on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:15AM (#22054262)
I don't know about other programs, but iTerm has a checkbox option to enable/disable ligatures.
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by ShowMeWhatUGot on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:28AM (#22054375)
So does JetBrains IDE's and VS Code. I don't know of any program that forces you to use ligatures just because the typeface supports it.
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by vblinden on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:12AM (#22054820)
Visual Studio (the full blown IDE)
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by evansj on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:10AM (#22073418)
Add to settings.json:

    "editor.fontLigatures": false
(Edit: sorry, just realised you were talking about the full blown Visual Studio, not VSCode)
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by phuonghuynhnet on Thursday January 16, 2020 @05:40AM (#22063312)
As I know, VSCode, Iterm2, Jetbrains IDEs have ligatures option that we can turn on/off easily.
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Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel... by 10010 on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:59PM (#22081013)
Does anyone know how to turn off ligatures in XCode?
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