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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by scelerat on Friday March 28, 2025 @12:07AM (#43501430)
The Mac has had them as part of the standard keyboard layout since 1984. Using Apple kit since then, they have long been burned into my muscle memory:

option-[-] for en dash –

shift-option-[-] for em dash —

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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by simondotau on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:06AM (#43504340)
The option key is IMHO the most underrated feature of the Mac platform. Having another modifier for character input is insanely handy, and I know where to find numerous characters like trademark™, divide (÷), pound (£), degrees (°), pi (π) and so on.
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