Code Block Pro is converting != to ≠

Note that there are WordPress Block Editor <code> blocks elsewhere on that website that contain != without this kind of conversion.

Hey Bryan, if you go to the settings area and look for fonts, you can change the font to a non-ligature style font.
I believe if you copy paste the code even with ligatures enabled it’s still valid c++ though as you’re not getting the single character. It’s purely for style. But you can choose from multiple front styles there.
Let me know if that doesn’t work.

Thanks, Kevin.

I went into the Fonts section. I found it was set to JetBrains Mono. I changed it to JetBrains Mono (no ligatures), and that fixed it. Simple when you know where to look (I didn’t!).

Is there any case where you display code using this plugin where ligatures are acceptable/useful? Especially, shouldn’t the default font be a non-ligature font?

its really just a stylistic choice, I guess. I personally like ligatures so I made that the default. I understand not everyone does though. What can I really do besides flip a coin and choose a setting, right? I went with my own preference (love it or hate it).

But I think regardless it would copy/paste the normal characters either way.

Well, I guess it depends on what you’re trying to format. Languages like C, C++, Java, etc. should not, IMHO be subject to ligature changes. The code should look exactly the same as the original.

But I went in and looked at what other languages/things you can format (the choice in the settings), and realized that I didn’t know what a lot of them are, so couldn’t tell whether they should be subject to ligatures or not. You are much the better judge of that.

Choose a suitable non-ligature font when a language like C, C++, Java is chosen, so sensible things happen in those language cases?

its just a cosmetic/presentation decision though. If someone copies your code either with the copy button or by manually selecting the text and copying it, they will get the literal characters you typed in, not anything different.

I’m not disagreeing with you in principle though.

I’m happy to consider to feedback, of course, and adapt the plugin over time. I know what I prefer personally might not be the best choice “ethically” as a default (most people use the default settings so I have a responsibility to make those settings the best for the community as a whole).

I’ll ask around and get some more opinions on it too.

Thanks for considering my input.