ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to memes@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoDamn she had AI write itdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up1691arrow-down1imageDamn she had AI write itdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to memes@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square192fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehibsen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoI think this is something macOS does best — using shift+option hyphen is a bit quicker than alt+0151.
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoLong pressing the hyphen on the Google keyboard on Android also gives the option of selecting an en dash or em dash. On Linux, if you have the compose key enabled, Compose key + three hyphens in a row will generate an em dash (en dash is two hyphens).
minus-squarehibsen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours ago…well I’m definitely turning that on for my Linux machine then. Thanks for the tip.
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoIt’s convenient for a lot of things. Curly quotes, specialized dashes, mathematical symbols or Greek letters used in math/science, foreign currencies, things like paragraph symbols (¶) or section symbols (§), etc.
I think this is something macOS does best — using shift+option hyphen is a bit quicker than alt+0151.
Long pressing the hyphen on the Google keyboard on Android also gives the option of selecting an en dash or em dash.
On Linux, if you have the compose key enabled, Compose key + three hyphens in a row will generate an em dash (en dash is two hyphens).
…well I’m definitely turning that on for my Linux machine then. Thanks for the tip.
It’s convenient for a lot of things. Curly quotes, specialized dashes, mathematical symbols or Greek letters used in math/science, foreign currencies, things like paragraph symbols (¶) or section symbols (§), etc.