Backslashes became very hard to see (almost invisible)

[realnc]

After I upgraded to 1.205, all backslashes in my code became very hard to spot. Basically, this:

auto msg = "Test\nFoo bar.\n";

looks more like this:

auto msg = "Test nFoo bar. n";

The backslashes are very faint and of the wrong color. This is a problem only when using a black background with light text (which is what I use in my IDE, which is Qt Creator.)

For comparison, this is with DejaVu:

It has good visibility. But with Fira Code it's hard to read:

[j-f1]

This is an intentional change (see the changelog, third bullet point)

[realnc]

How do I prevent it? This makes the font unusable for me :-/

[tonsky]

I plan to change how it works in the next version. For now you can use previous font version (1.204)

[doughsay]

For what it's worth, I really like the new thin backslash, and it doesn't look bad at all in my editor.

[miniBill]

I think that a lot depends on whether your editor highlights escape codes (in which case the thin backslash is good) or not

[Moulick]

Yep, the thin backslash is hard to read in Python as well.

[doughsay]

😢

[j-f1]

Would it be possible to bring this back for just \\? It makes sequences of slashes much easier to read.

[tonsky]

Maybe—please create a separate issue for that

[j-f1]

⏩ #720

[Vampire]

Very sad this was removed, I really liked seeing an escaping backslash thin, showing that it is an escape sequence. :-(

[j-f1]

Could this be a stylistic set @tonsky?