I understand your point, I didn't make that clear.
!= and ≠ are merely visual representations of a concept, so I understand and agree that preference matters here.
the bytes in the file are the Unicode code points for "!" and "=", and that's what the compilers and parsers of the world care about, so that's what I want to see.
I don't want my text editor lying to me about the contents of the file. one could argue that showing ≠ does indeed tell you that "!=" is in the file. it will also appear if the Unicode code point "≠" is in the file. you may see the nice symbol you want to see, but the compiler or interpreter will not understand that and will show you an error which you may or may not immediately recognize as the wrong thing.
I want my text editor to show me what is actually present in the file.
!= and ≠ are merely visual representations of a concept, so I understand and agree that preference matters here.
the bytes in the file are the Unicode code points for "!" and "=", and that's what the compilers and parsers of the world care about, so that's what I want to see.
I don't want my text editor lying to me about the contents of the file. one could argue that showing ≠ does indeed tell you that "!=" is in the file. it will also appear if the Unicode code point "≠" is in the file. you may see the nice symbol you want to see, but the compiler or interpreter will not understand that and will show you an error which you may or may not immediately recognize as the wrong thing.
I want my text editor to show me what is actually present in the file.