[Haskell-cafe] If you'd design a Haskell-like language, what would you do different?

[Andrew Coppin]

On 21/12/2011 10:09 AM, Jesse Schalken wrote:
> IIRC, Scite's default configuration is with non-monospace font. I
> actually found it quite appealing, and in fact forgot about it entirely
> after some usage. It is much easier on the eyes to read. The difference
> is really whether you care about aligning things mid-line or not, not to
> mention editor support (i.e. not Vim or other terminal-based editor).

SciTE's default binding /is/ proportional, not mono-space. I find it 
ever so irritating. Then again, I'm sure this one comes squarely down to 
personal preference, so it seems pointless to debate it.

LaTeX offers the possibility of mid-line alignment even if you don't use 
monospace - a feature which I haven't seen in any other text processing 
system. It's a pitty this isn't more widespread...