top | item 46674824 (no title) carbocation | 1 month ago Em-dashes are easy to type on a macos laptop for what it's worth: option-shift-minus. discuss order hn newest sltkr|1 month ago Also on Linux when you enable the compose key: alt-dash-dash-dash (--- → —) and for the en-dash: alt-dash-dash-dot (--. → –) bigstrat2003|1 month ago That's not as easy as just hitting the hyphen key, nor are most people going to be aware that even exists. I think it's fair to say that the hyphen is far easier to use than an em dash.
sltkr|1 month ago Also on Linux when you enable the compose key: alt-dash-dash-dash (--- → —) and for the en-dash: alt-dash-dash-dot (--. → –)
bigstrat2003|1 month ago That's not as easy as just hitting the hyphen key, nor are most people going to be aware that even exists. I think it's fair to say that the hyphen is far easier to use than an em dash.
sltkr|1 month ago
bigstrat2003|1 month ago