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I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
In most editors you can't - you have to put your cursor at the start and delete-forward or at the end and delete backwards. Good luck if you use a Mac.
There are some tools, like there's a Vim plugin that separates out ligatures when you focus them iirc, but that's just as messy and makes things jump around.
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In most editors you can't - you have to put your cursor at the start and delete-forward or at the end and delete backwards. Good luck if you use a Mac.
There are some tools, like there's a Vim plugin that separates out ligatures when you focus them iirc, but that's just as messy and makes things jump around.