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Re: mdash in markup?


From: James Harkins
Subject: Re: mdash in markup?
Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 19:59:09 +0800

On May 3, 2013 7:29 PM, "Kieren MacMillan" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > How should one use &mdash; in a markup block?
>
> If you're on a Mac, it's option+shift plus the - key: —
> Don't know on other OS/keyboards.
> p.s. You can also just cut and paste the one I just typed up there… and here – is an en-dash, for future reference.

I see. I can get it from the character map application in Ubuntu.

I am puzzled, though, as the Notation Reference documents the use of html-style notation for special characters.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/list-of-special-characters

So I suppose either the software or the manual is not correct (or the manual could be correct but misleading).

hjh


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