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From: Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>
Subject: Re: emdash and endash
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:48:40 +0200
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On 4/18/11 2:19 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Matt Lundin<mdl@imapmail.org>  writes:
>
>> To ensure consistency of export, I have gotten in the habit of using
>> three hyphens for the emdash in ASCII---even in mail.
>
> I just write the characters – choosing the right one for my purpose – in
> Unicode. It's already the third millennium of our calendar — we can
> expect Unicode support, and harangue those who haven't joined us in the
> international village yet.
>

Indeed so. But when using a fixed-width font, "--" and "---" are a lot 
easier to distinguish from "-" than are "–" and "—".

cm