Em dashes and emojis

    • Rose@slrpnk.net
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      6 hours ago

      I keep Character Map™ at hand in Windows® just for random punctuation and stuff ©. gucharmap or something similar in Linux.

      In word processors I’ve set up automatic formatting so that double minus (–) turns to en dash (–) and triple minus (—) turns to em dash (—).

    • pseudo@jlai.lu
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      7 hours ago

      No but good-quality writing software add change the short dash automatically when the context is right. You can also keep a list of shortcut on your destop as memo or tap “Em Dash” on your search engine to find an example to copy paste.

      I don’t know how to use them in English but I’m very carefull about using them right in my mother tongue.

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        7 hours ago

        I generally disable a lot of auto-formatting when I do long writing sessions, so I guess I don’t relate.

        • Daedskin@lemmy.zip
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          3 hours ago

          No; I use it decently often. I also know that typing “2014” and pressing alt-x in Word will insert an emdash if I don’t have access to a number pad.