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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by akshayshah on Thursday March 27, 2025 @04:53PM (#43498054)
Em- and en-dashes have been well-supported by LaTeX, the smartypants family of Markdown extensions, and plain HTML for more than 20 years.

In your support, though, calling the extension “smartypants” really hints at the target audience :)

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