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I really appreciate the use of proper em-dashes aesthetically— I use them for parentheticals, interruptions, and to join related thoughts. iOS and MacOS have n
by mikepurvis 3y ago
I really appreciate the use of proper em-dashes aesthetically— I use them for parentheticals, interruptions, and to join related thoughts.
iOS and MacOS have native means of inputting the character and on Windows I have a small utility that replaces "--=" with an en-dash and "==-" with an en-dash.
- perilunar 3y agoSame. Once you learn the appropriate uses for each and how to input them, it becomes easy to just use the correct dash.
- asplake 3y ago> Just use the correct dash Except that spaced vs unspaced and en vs em dashes are issues of British vs US English. Differences in usage as well as appearance.
- perilunar 3y agoSure. Use whatever is standard for your variety of English. Either is better than just using hyphen-minus everywhere.
- Georgelemental 3y agoOn Windows, I use http://wincompose.info/ http://wincompose.info/ for all my special-character needs (and use the system compose key on Linux).
- pests 3y agoYou can just use Windows Key + . in newer Windows It's sold as the emoji keyboard but there's a tab for symbols that includes all the dashes. This interface also has built in clipboard history too.