From: Chris Malone <chris.m.malone@gmail.com>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: emdash and endash
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:12:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTinRmE2ntmcGr4O6Q=v4VCt2-HiLBw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikWno+de5SdffP0C3EExWfOVhzXCA@mail.gmail.com>
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For what its worth, "--" is an endash in LaTeX as well.
On Apr 17, 2011 11:04 PM, "Samuel Wales" <samologist@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 ASCII. Is there a way to make "--"
> export as emdash in order to be consistent with ASCII?
>
> I wonder if we could control this with a variable. Perhaps
> with the variable set, \-- can be an endash and -- can be an
> emdash, or something like that.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Samuel
>
> --
> The Kafka Pandemic:
>
http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com/2010/12/welcome-to-kafka-pandemic-two-forces_9182.html
> I support the Whittemore-Peterson Institute (WPI)
> ===
> I want to see the original (pre-hold) Lo et al. 2010 NIH/FDA/Harvard MRV
paper.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-18 3:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-18 3:04 emdash and endash Samuel Wales
2011-04-18 3:12 ` Chris Malone [this message]
2011-04-18 4:34 ` Samuel Wales
2011-04-18 4:55 ` Ben Finney
2011-04-18 5:39 ` Samuel Wales
2011-04-18 6:56 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2011-04-18 11:56 ` Matt Lundin
2011-04-18 12:19 ` Ben Finney
2011-04-18 12:48 ` Christian Moe
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