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This is quite nice and [atom](https://github.com/atom/atom) supports this font feature since `1.2.0`, so it should work with vscode, too."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/vscode/issues/comments/166165179","html_url":"https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/192#issuecomment-166165179","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/vscode/issues/192","id":166165179,"user":{"login":"mattblagden","id":2998676,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2998676?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden","html_url":"https://github.com/mattblagden","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mattblagden/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-20T23:36:14Z","updated_at":"2015-12-20T23:36:14Z","body":"The line you pasted is the minified version of [the code here](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/014193f5043999ab80579fbd763a3171e22638cf/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLine.ts#L350).\r\n\r\nAs mentioned in my earlier comment, the workaround is implemented in #1510. You can refer to #1510 to see the change in its un-minified form."}}