On 4/18/11 2:19 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
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 — we can
expect Unicode support, and harangue those who haven't joined us in the
international village yet.


Indeed so. But when using a fixed-width font, "--" and "---" are a lot easier to distinguish from "-" than are "–" and "—".

cm

Reply via email to