How the (Em)ighty Have Fallen

Posted by dhruv_ahuja on Saturday March 28, 2026 @04:02PM
from the dhruvahuja.me dept.

https://dhruvahuja.me/posts/emighty-have-fallen/

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Re:How the (Em)ighty Have Fallen by turtleyacht on Sunday March 29, 2026 @01:30AM (#47560634)

It's still safe to just use two dashes instead--maybe like two spaces after a period for some, but another distinguishing feature.

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Re:How the (Em)ighty Have Fallen by dhruv_ahuja on Monday March 30, 2026 @02:49AM (#47571208)

Yes, that is also an option. What's interesting is that Notion automatically converts two dashes into an em dash, so wouldn't work if you Notion for your drafts or reports.

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Re:How the (Em)ighty Have Fallen by turtleyacht on Monday March 30, 2026 @01:09PM (#47576977)

Oh, didn't know that. Here's a link to disable it, if applicable:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/475330

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Re:How the (Em)ighty Have Fallen by dhruv_ahuja on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @01:57AM (#47583275)

Oh so it's a macOS specific setting! The smart quotes setting also bugs me to no end, breaks my markdown documents often when importing them from Notion.

Since I primarily work with Notion for content creation, I never realized macOS does it by default.

This was very helpful, thank you :)

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