[Github-comments] [geany/geany] Programming ligature support for Windows (#2535)

[Johannes Lange]

After a couple of years I have to use a Windows machine again and noticed that geany does not support programming ligatures, which are supported by fonts like Fira Code or Cascadia Code.

Ligatures **do work** on Linux, though:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6584443/85752567-cf613900-b70b-11ea-9b33-6955b8bc4dac.png)

I first checked the Scintilla version, but it is new enough to support this, also in the Geany Windows-Version.

After a bit of research, I came across the same issue reported for Notepad++:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/2287#issuecomment-344063850

The linked comment cites the [Scintilla docs](https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html#SCI_SETTECHNOLOGY), stating that `SCI_SETTECHNOLOGY(int technology)` can be set to `SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE` for Windows Vista or later.

I strongly assume that this would also resolve the issue for Geany.

Is there any dev regularly running a Windows build? I would of course like to test this, but I'd have to set up a cross-compiling environment or something. So I would be very happy if someone here would be in a comfortable position to test this.

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