rstudio How to enable font ligatures in RStudio?

Question

I looked at Fira Code and I wanted to try it out with one of the listed supported editors. So I launched RStudio (Version 0.99.491 on a Win box) and set the font to Fira Code but... nothing. So how to enable font ligatures in RStudio?

EDIT: The trick in the accepted answer below still works for RStudio Version 1.0.44. I still wish there's a simple button to enable it.

Answer 1

I looked at Fira Code and I wanted to try it out with one of the listed supported editors. So I launched RStudio (Version 0.99.491 on a Win box) and set the font to Fira Code but ... nothing. So how to enable font ligatures in RStudio?

EDIT: The trick in the accepted answer below still works for RStudio Version 1.0.44. I still wish there's a simple button to enable it.

Answer 2

I looked at Fira Code and I wanted to try it out with one of the listed supported editors. So I launched RStudio (Version 0.99.491 on a Win box) and set the font to Fira Code but ... nothing. So how to enable font ligatures in RStudio?

EDIT: The trick in the accepted answer below still works for RStudio Version 1.0.44. I still wish there's a simple button to enable it.

Answer 3

I looked at Fira Code and I wanted to try it out with one of the listed supported editors. So I launched RStudio (Version 0.99.491 on a Win box) and set the font to Fira Code but ... nothing. So how to enable font ligatures in RStudio?

EDIT: The trick in the accepted answer below still works for RStudio Version 1.0.44. I still wish there's a simple button to enable it.