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Re:Regarding the Em Dash by ReidZB on Sunday January 07, 2018 @12:14AM (#16089339)
That's how it works in TeX as well: one dash is a hyphen, two an en dash, three an em dash.
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Re:Regarding the Em Dash by DamonHD on Sunday January 07, 2018 @01:23PM (#16091889)
That's where I almost certainly picked up my habit from, though I haven't touched much (La)TeX in ~25Y.

Rgds

Damon

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Re:Regarding the Em Dash by cup-of-tea on Sunday January 07, 2018 @06:26AM (#16090425)
And a fourth is the minus symbol, in maths mode $-$.
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Re:Regarding the Em Dash by evanb on Sunday January 07, 2018 @07:09AM (#16090556)
Nothing makes me crazier than seeing hyphen1 in TeX documents. hyphen != minus!
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