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Re: [O] emdash and endash
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Matt Lundin |
Subject: |
Re: [O] emdash and endash |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:56:39 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.110016 (No Gnus v0.16) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Samuel Wales <address@hidden> writes:
> 1 dash: - 2 -- 3 ---
> 1 dash: - 2 – 3 —
>
> When I write in ASCII, I notate emdash like "--". I think this is standard.
To ensure consistency of export, I have gotten in the habit of using
three hyphens for the emdash in ASCII---even in mail.
FWIW, Wikipedia suggests this is acceptable:
,----[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Em_dash ]
| When an actual em dash is unavailable—as in the ASCII character set—a
| double ("--") or triple hyphen-minus ("---") is used.
`----
Of course, a line in Wikipedia does not a standard make. :)
Best,
Matt