How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an utter failure)

Posted by SushiMon on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:17PM
from the emdash.fan dept.

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Re:How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an ut... by SushiMon on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:17PM (#35930450)

For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email. So much so that news hacker Dan Sinker built this.

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Re:How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an ut... by detaro on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:30PM (#35930589)

> For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email

Why would that be a browser concern? Keyboard input is an OS responsibility, and a keyboard layout fixes this globally.

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Re:How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an ut... by m348e912 on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:21PM (#35930490)

alt-0151 baby! (or option shift - on a Mac)

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