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Re:How to use (or not use) a hyphen by dboreham on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:10PM (#31208742)
Many applications will auto-correct, or typeset double dash to an En-dash. Perhaps they thought they were using such an editor?
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Re:How to use (or not use) a hyphen by valenaut on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:46PM (#31209822)
I always type -- for en dash. Usually text fields that accept markdown-like syntax will correct it, but I just leave it if they don't.
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