Em dashes and emojis
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You just keep an Em Dash in a notepad to copy and paste all the time?
I keep Character Map™ at hand in Windows® just for random punctuation and stuff ©. gucharmap or something similar in Linux.
In word processors I've set up automatic formatting so that double minus (--) turns to en dash (–) and triple minus (---) turns to em dash (—).
No but good-quality writing software add change the short dash automatically when the context is right. You can also keep a list of shortcut on your destop as memo or tap "Em Dash" on your search engine to find an example to copy paste.
I don't know how to use them in English but I'm very carefull about using them right in my mother tongue.
I generally disable a lot of auto-formatting when I do long writing sessions, so I guess I don't relate.
Alt-0151 on windows
Did you have to google it before commenting? Be honest
No; I use it decently often. I also know that typing "2014" and pressing alt-x in Word will insert an emdash if I don't have access to a number pad.
Bro doesn't realise you can get more characters to show up by just long-pressing a key on most mobile kbs