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Re:Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document by ben_w on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @06:45PM (#46128493)
> Where's the emdash key on your keyboard?

> There isn't one?

Mac, alt-minus. Did by accident once, causing confusion because Xcode uses monospace font where -, – and — look identical, and an m-dash where a minus should be gets a compiler error.

iOS, long-press on the "-" key.

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Re:Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document by alwillis on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:08PM (#46129850)
> Mac, alt-minus.

I've been using Macs for decades; it's called the Option key; no seasoned Mac user calls it "Alt".

I know when a PC-style keyboard is attached to a Mac, the Alt key functions as the Option key. [1]

- Option-minus creates an en dash

- Option-Shift-minus creates an em dash

[1]: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/intro-to-mac-keyboa...

[2]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-...

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Re:Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document by saagarjha on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @11:27PM (#46130302)
It says “alt” on it
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Re:Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document by alwillis on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @11:49AM (#46136729)
Not on my MacBook Pro.
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Re:Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document by saagarjha on Thursday December 04, 2025 @10:21AM (#46148635)
Seasoned Mac users have ones that do ;)
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Re:Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document by ben_w on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:51AM (#46131988)
Mac since 1995 or so, pretty seasoned.

But I also have windows keyboards.

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Re:Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document by danaris on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @01:39PM (#46138237)
Option-minus gives the en-dash; option-shift-minus gives the em-dash.
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