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Life Pro Tip! (lemmy.zip)
submitted 5 months ago by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago
[-] Nougat@fedia.io 13 points 5 months ago

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

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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

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

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 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

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago

Bootleg Office 95?

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 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).

[-] eltrkbrd@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

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

[-] sh00g@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago

That's actually the alt code for an en dash. Em dash is Alt+0151!

[-] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago

This should be a lot more upvoted.

[-] hakase@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I just use hyphens for everything.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I use a compose key. I type Compose - - -

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

For me it's "§"

Easy on Android. PITA and different shortcut on every Windows app.

[-] eltrkbrd@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

@Stovetop gets it; Alt 0151 — love the em dash!

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