Theta is different between Atom and Julia REPL

[andyferris]

Hi,

I'm getting two different symbols from Atom and from the Julia REPL for \theta. These are:

θ
Θ

They look different here on the website but the same in Atom, which is super confusing!

[MikeInnes]

Interesting, they do seem to be different. We generate symbols using Julia's map, but it's possible Julia has changed and we just need to update.

[MikeInnes]

Ok, that's not right, but I think what's happening is that Atom puts Theta above theta in the completions list – so you're completing with capital-theta which looks similar in monospace.

[andyferris]

Oops, silly me!

In general, I find Atom's completions to be quite spammy. It seems to want to "help" even after typing a correct identifier, so I'm constantly reaching for Esc or similar. This is yet another case of that...

[MikeInnes]

In theory we can change how Atom weights different completions, so that e.g. the case of the latex character is taken into account. Might be worth looking into eventually.

[pfitzseb]

Ref: atom/autocomplete-plus#651