On 2021-10-28 19:48:06 -0400, Avi Gross via Python-list wrote: > My right ALT key now lets me type in all kinds of nonsense like ⑦ and > © and ß and ℵ0 and ⅔ and ≠ and ⇒ and ♬and although :- makes ÷ I see > := makes ≔ which is just a longer equals sign.
Ah, yes. That's another problem with using a large number of characters: Some of them will be visually very similar, especially with monospaced fonts. I'm not getting any younger and with my preferred font (which is quite small) I already have to squint to distinguish between : and ; or between () and {}. hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | Story must make more sense than reality. |_|_) | | | | | h...@hjp.at | -- Charles Stross, "Creative writing __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | challenge!"
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