Hi T G-R,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:

> Alex,
>
> Alex Vong wrote:
>> Hello guix,
>>
>> Should we allow the use of 'λ' in guix? I think we have discussed
>> it
>> before, but I forget why it was rejected. Running 'rgrep' on source
>> shows 7 uses of it. I think it is syntactically more pleasant and it
>> encourges the use of short functions (at least for me!).
>
> One of those 'λ's is probably mine, but it is indeed discouraged. I
> also forget why.
>
> I now use global-prettify-symbols-mode to create my own reality.
>
Thanks! I've tried it just now. It works except that the column number
is not right (it counts λ as 2 chars instead of 6 chars). Similar modes
such as glass-mode doesn't have this problem. Do you know of any way to
fix it?

> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R

Cheers,
Alex