On 2018-01-04 06:34, m712 wrote:
>
> This is slightly unrelated, but can anyone recommend a libvte-free
> terminal emulator that is similar to xfce4-terminal and can handle
> ligatures? I want to use Fira Code on my terminal; however all
> libvte-using terminals are affected by a (rather appalling) bug
> <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=584160> which has been
> open for quite some time, where the text gets mangled and characters
> go missing with the Fira Code font.
>
> ps: I really enjoy the dismissive attitude of the gnome devs on that
> bugzilla.
>

>            m712
> --

Just a side-note on Fira . . . The devuan.org website originally chose
Fira Sans as the default font. It was so buggy and unreliable, we had
to switch to Open Sans instead. And Photoshop running in wine couldn't
handle Fira either. I suggest finding a font that actually works.

golinux