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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ya'know, it shouldn't be too hard to setup the ╔ and ╚ characters to function as or be substituted for quotes or brackets, depending on the language, then handle the rest as ligatures. Straight display substitution could allow for clean code and portable touch-typing, while still providing this sort of "visual training wheels" for those who want it in their own editor/ide