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rishikeshs

I think ChatGPT was trained on your writing! :)

How do you type em-dash on a keyboard?

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On MacOS `--` converts to `—` automatically in most applications/text inputs.

Option-dash works too.

That is actually another character.

- is \u002d

Option+Dash is \u2013

-- converts to \u2014

Ah, thanks for the clarification! TIL.

Option-dash is an en-dash (\u2013)

Shift-option-dash will render the em-dash (\u2014), (as will --, if it gets autocorrected).

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-... for those wondering what the differences are.

On all my Linux setups so far for years now, on German keyboard layouts, AltGr+- and AltGr+Shift+- always worked oob for me for – and —. I easily just got used to using them, things read better than with minuses.

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