Comment 3 for bug 1409485

I'm sorry for just bumping in here again after completely abounding this project (sorry for that btw, I realized that I really don't have the time to work on this kind of stuff), but this is something that I have kind of a strong opinion about. "I assume users who were able to install a Linux distribution are able to recognise both "*" and "×" as the same operator"; That is something which I completely despise to hear. If that's the mindset we're going with, how is Linux ever going to reach out to a wider audience? I get your point, sure, but as far as I am concerned, elementary is supposed to be simple, not just for users who's used to Linux, but for everyone.
Never mind that, but in reality, this problem is quite easy to fix. Only reason I didn't manage to is because I'm not used to either vala or gtk. First of, strip the spaces, they just add bloat. Second, catch the keyboard events for when a user inputs an operator and modify it to be the correct style.
Anyway, once again, I don't intend to force you to change this. This is your creation after all and you have all the rights to do whatever you want with it, but these are just my personal opinions.