From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Malone Subject: Re: emdash and endash Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:12:21 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd56fc28ed43304a128c291 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35555) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QBesy-0007ZA-22 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:12:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QBesx-0002kP-6Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:12:24 -0400 Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:50748) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QBesx-0002kJ-2d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:12:23 -0400 Received: by iyh42 with SMTP id 42so5138403iyh.0 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:12:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Samuel Wales Cc: emacs-orgmode --000e0cd56fc28ed43304a128c291 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For what its worth, "--" is an endash in LaTeX as well. On Apr 17, 2011 11:04 PM, "Samuel Wales" wrote: > 1 dash: - 2 -- 3 --- > 1 dash: - 2 =96 3 =97 > > When I write in ASCII, I notate emdash like "--". I think this is standard. > But in HTML export, that is an endash. > > I never use "---" in ASCII. Is there a way to make "--" > export as emdash in order to be consistent with ASCII? > > I wonder if we could control this with a variable. Perhaps > with the variable set, \-- can be an endash and -- can be an > emdash, or something like that. > > Thanks. > > Samuel > > -- > The Kafka Pandemic: > http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com/2010/12/welcome-to-kafka-pandemic-two-= forces_9182.html > I support the Whittemore-Peterson Institute (WPI) > =3D=3D=3D > I want to see the original (pre-hold) Lo et al. 2010 NIH/FDA/Harvard MRV paper. > --000e0cd56fc28ed43304a128c291 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

For what its worth, "--" is an endash in LaTeX as well.=A0

On Apr 17, 2011 11:04 PM, "Samuel Wales&quo= t; <samologist@gmail.com>= wrote:
> 1 dash: - 2 -- 3 ---
> 1 dash: -= 2 =96 3 =97
>
> When I write in ASCII, I notate emdash like "--". = I think this is standard.
> But in HTML export, that is an endash.>
> I never use "---" in ASCII. Is there a way to mak= e "--"
> export as emdash in order to be consistent with ASCII?
>
>= ; I wonder if we could control this with a variable. Perhaps
> with = the variable set, \-- can be an endash and -- can be an
> emdash, or = something like that.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Samuel
>
> --
> = The Kafka Pandemic:
> http://thekafkap= andemic.blogspot.com/2010/12/welcome-to-kafka-pandemic-two-forces_9182.html=
> I support the Whittemore-Peterson Institute (WPI)
> =3D=3D=3D> I want to see the original (pre-hold) Lo et al. 2010 NIH/FDA/Harvard = MRV paper.
>
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