• Nougat
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    136 months ago

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

    • @Stovetop
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      36 months ago

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

      • @subtext
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        46 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

      • Nougat
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        26 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).