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[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

Many input mechanisms automatically substitute two hyphens with "–".

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Including this very platform.

Lemmy will automatically render a double dash -- as an en dash, and a triple dash


as an em dash.

I usually just type alt + 0151, though, because I'm a nerd.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

I just got a line across the page: ---

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Some of this may depend on your client. If you do a triple dash by itself on its own line:


You get a horizontal rule in most clients, including the default web UI and all of the major browser based clients I've tried.

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