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It seems they intended to make a pause after "but". For that purpose "..." instead of the comma, would actually fit better.

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This looks like a job for—Emdash Man!

Probably the most excited I've ever personally made PG was when he saw me make an em dash on my MBP and immediately wanted to know how.

I would also like to know how!

Compose Key followed by three dashes (two and a period for an en-dash) https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libX11/i18n/compose/e...

Also on Windows using WinCompose http://wincompose.info/

Well, parent comment mentioned Mac, so the correct answer is Option, Shift, and - (hyphen). There are many other characters that Macs can type with the Option key.

Thanks! That is great.

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