From 482afe8c8269b477ca402986d1d038aac7c1ce6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: boinst Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:15:37 +0930 Subject: [PATCH] Created Visual Studio 2017 Instructions (markdown) --- Visual-Studio-2017-Instructions.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Visual-Studio-2017-Instructions.md diff --git a/Visual-Studio-2017-Instructions.md b/Visual-Studio-2017-Instructions.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..66c8bcf --- /dev/null +++ b/Visual-Studio-2017-Instructions.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Before proceeding with this step, ensure that you have installed FiraCode. + +Launch Visual Studio 2017. + +Launch the Options dialog by opening the "Tools" menu and selecting "Options". + +In the Options dialog, under the "Environment" category, you'll find "Fonts and Colors". Click on that. You'll see a combo-box on the right hand side of the dialog labelled "Font". Select "Fira Code" from that combo-box. Click "OK" to dismiss. + +Restart Visual Studio. + +Now, most FiraCode ligatures will work. A notable exception is the hyphen-based ligatures (e.g. the C++ dereference '->'). See [issue 422](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/422) for details. +