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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Many applications will automatically convert two hyphens to an em dash.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not my copy of Microsoft Word I was given by work, I can say that much.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So just make a text replacement. I actually prefer it this way so I can always get the character I want. I have it set up such that

\emdash and \endash are replaced by the appropriate characters. I’ve also recently gotten into \hairsp\emdash\hairsp for all my em dash needs.

I also set up my phone to replace a ? and ! directly next to each other in both orders with a ‽

It’s great fun if you care about minute details such as these

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bootleg Office 95?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That’s an en dash. This is an em dash: —

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I know. I was A) demonstrating what I was talking about, and B) seeing if it would work here (it doesn't).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice, didn't know that; it works in Telegram.

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