On Mon, Apr 18 2011, Samuel Wales wrote:
On 2011-04-17, Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
I think not. I see many (non-Org) ASCII documents that distinguish a
notional em dash from en dash by different number of hyphens, as in your
first list.
Like this---really? Or --- this? It
Samuel Wales samolog...@gmail.com writes:
1 dash: - 2 -- 3 ---
1 dash: - 2 – 3 —
When I write in ASCII, I notate emdash like --. I think this is standard.
To ensure consistency of export, I have gotten in the habit of using
three hyphens for the emdash in ASCII---even in mail.
FWIW,
Matt Lundin m...@imapmail.org writes:
To ensure consistency of export, I have gotten in the habit of using
three hyphens for the emdash in ASCII---even in mail.
I just write the characters – choosing the right one for my purpose – in
Unicode. It's already the third millennium of our calendar —
On 4/18/11 2:19 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
Matt Lundinm...@imapmail.org writes:
To ensure consistency of export, I have gotten in the habit of using
three hyphens for the emdash in ASCII---even in mail.
I just write the characters – choosing the right one for my purpose – in
Unicode. It's
For what its worth, -- is an endash in LaTeX as well.
On Apr 17, 2011 11:04 PM, Samuel Wales samolog...@gmail.com wrote:
1 dash: - 2 -- 3 ---
1 dash: - 2 – 3 —
When I write in ASCII, I notate emdash like --. I think this is
standard.
But in HTML export, that is an endash.
I never use --- in
Interesting.
However, unlike Org, Latex is not commonly exported to ASCII, commonly
copied without exporting to ASCII, commonly used as an organizing
system with ASCII pasted in, or multitargeted to ASCII (by copying and
export) and other formats, is it? Or is it? (Asking, not
rhetorical.)
Samuel Wales samolog...@gmail.com writes:
1 dash: - 2 -- 3 ---
1 dash: - 2 – 3 —
When I write in ASCII, I notate emdash like --. I think this is
standard.
I think not. I see many (non-Org) ASCII documents that distinguish a
notional em dash from en dash by different number of hyphens, as
On 2011-04-17, Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
I think not. I see many (non-Org) ASCII documents that distinguish a
notional em dash from en dash by different number of hyphens, as in your
first list.
Like this---really? Or --- this? It does look, however, as if people
use
