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From: Ben Finney <ben+emacs@benfinney.id.au>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emdash and endash
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:19:31 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871v0zg3ak.fsf@benfinney.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87ei4zu614.fsf@fastmail.fm

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.

-- 
 \     “Teach a man to make fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a |
  `\       man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.” |
_o__)                                                 —John A. Hrastar |
Ben Finney

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-18 12:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-18  3:04 emdash and endash Samuel Wales
2011-04-18  3:12 ` Chris Malone
2011-04-18  4:34   ` Samuel Wales
2011-04-18  4:55 ` Ben Finney
2011-04-18  5:39   ` Samuel Wales
2011-04-18  6:56     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2011-04-18 11:56 ` Matt Lundin
2011-04-18 12:19   ` Ben Finney [this message]
2011-04-18 12:48     ` Christian Moe

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