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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months 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 5 months ago

Bootleg Office 95?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months 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 4 months ago

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