The melancholy decline of the semicolon

Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by gnubison on Saturday November 27, 2021 @07:03PM (#29364866)

They’re called “em dashes”, and they look like this: —

You can find a Real, Genuine Em Dash™ at https://emda.sh, or insert one using ‘C-k - M’ in Vim or ‘Compose - - -’ on Linux — not sure about other platforms.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by ineedasername on Saturday November 27, 2021 @09:10PM (#29365553)

Thanks— I didn't realize there was an actual character for them. Though IIRC MSWord would sometimes auto format them into that single extended dash appearance.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by gnubison on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:35AM (#29370246)

Yes, iPhones automatically merge two dashes together as well.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by notinty on Saturday November 27, 2021 @11:45PM (#29366225)

Alt hyphen on macOS, hold on most all mobile platforms.

[ Parent | on HN ]