<sh1>
Opinions on https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1449 ? Shunting digits around a teeny tiny bit to create gaps between groups of three digits, so that numbers are easier to read?
<brocellous>
not interested.
<Allie>
sh1: i don't like the idea of the terminal implying characters that don't exist in the content
<dnkl>
sh1: you'll either have to insert cells with spaces (or a separator character), or move the glyphs within their cells. Neither approach will work.
<sh1>
Moving the glyphs within their cells is a bit ugly, but it does work. That's what I'm doing on Terminal.app right now.
<sh1>
I'm from the "thin-space-for-thousand-separators" camp, myself, so have no concerns with pseudo-glyphs being wedged in between. Some people do like commas, though.
<sh1>
Looks like this: https://ibb.co/nQbPHvm That's just me hacking around with fonts, though. I think I'll have to make it a bit more subtle than that.
<sh1>
(green square is the block cursor, showing where the character cell actually is)
<sh1>
How about as a separate display mode, like url mode?