I suspect it was after the last update of texlive (now 2016.20170123-2) on my Debian Testing system that it happened that
--- no longer compiles like \textemdash{} and -- no longer like \textendash{} It stays as typed. I do not want to go through all my files to change --- to \textemdash{} etc. Is there some setting that I can insert to force xelatex to compile it correctly? Regards Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 021-982 2694 / 082 782 0336 / 021-808 4699(w) Posbus 4668, Tygervallei 7536 "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:4,5 -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex