> > How are em-dashes and en-dashes handled in Markdown?
You can include Unicode characters in Markdown documents, so go ahead and use the actual characters if you want to. On OS X, ⌥- produces an en dash and ⇧⌥- an em dash. Many Markdown implementations offer extensions which allow "--" to be used to represent an en dash and "---" to represent an em dash. David On 13 January 2012 10:15, R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar <[email protected]>wrote: > Wow, that was a quick reply! > > Yes, indeed, I was putting a space between ] and (. I have corrected that > and now both the links work as they should :-). > > May I ask a supplementary question please: How are em-dashes and en-dashes > handled in Markdown? > > Thank you. > > Chandra > > > On Friday 13 January 2012 11:30 PM, Alan Hogan wrote: > >> Are you putting spaces between ] and ( ? You shouldn't. >> >> ajh >> >> On Jan 13, 2012, at 9:52 AM, "R (Chandra) >> Chandrasekhar"<chyavana@gmail.**com <[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear Folks, >>> >>> I am just starting out with Markdown and am trying to get two >>> elements working: >>> >>> (1) An inline HTML link; and >>> >>> (2) An inline mailto: link >>> >>> as shown in the text below: >>> >>> We invite you to [browse] >>> (http://academy.swanlotus.com/**index.html<http://academy.swanlotus.com/index.html> >>> ) >>> this website. Take a look and see if you find anything useful. And >>> do [drop us a line] (mailto:[email protected]**) with your >>> comments for improvement. >>> >>> I tried it out on Dingus and failed to get the expected HTML >>> version like: >>> >>> We invite you to<a >>> href="http://academy.**swanlotus.com/index.html<http://academy.swanlotus.com/index.html> >>> ">**browse</a> this >>> website. Take a look and see if you find anything useful. And do<a >>> href="mailto:feedback@**swanlotus.com <[email protected]>">drop us >>> a line</a> with your >>> comments for improvement. >>> >>> Instead, Dingus gave me: >>> >>> We invite you to [browse] >>> (http://academy.swanlotus.com/**index.html<http://academy.swanlotus.com/index.html> >>> ) >>> this website. Take a look and see if you find anything useful. And >>> do [drop us a line] (mailto:[email protected]**) with your >>> comments for improvement. >>> >>> This is my first experience with Markdown, although I am conversant >>> with HTML and very conversant with LaTeX. >>> >>> What am I doing wrong and why am I not getting the expected HTML >>> markup? >>> >>> FYI, I am on Kubuntu 11.10 using Markdown, version 1.0.1 from the >>> standard .deb package. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Chandra ______________________________**_________________ >>> Markdown-Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected].**net<[email protected]> >>> http://six.pairlist.net/**mailman/listinfo/markdown-**discuss<http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss> >>> >> ______________________________**_________________ Markdown-Discuss >> mailing list >> [email protected].**net<[email protected]> >> http://six.pairlist.net/**mailman/listinfo/markdown-**discuss<http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss> >> > > > -- > ------------------ > R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar > Web: http://swanlotus.com > email: [email protected] > ------------------ > > ______________________________**_________________ > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > [email protected].**net <[email protected]> > http://six.pairlist.net/**mailman/listinfo/markdown-**discuss<http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss> >
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