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Em dashes and emojis

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You just keep an Em Dash in a notepad to copy and paste all the time?

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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 (—).

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I generally disable a lot of auto-formatting when I do long writing sessions, so I guess I don't relate.

[–] Daedskin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you have to google it before commenting? Be honest

[–] Daedskin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 hours ago

Bro doesn't realise you can get more characters to show up by just long-pressing a key on most mobile kbs