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How do you even type an em-dash?
I use Heliboard – on Android — which has a lot of different dashes when you long·press the -regular- dash.
With Linux you can use the compose key or some key combinations, usually with a modifier like AltGr or Shift+Alt.
Most word processors do it for you If you type space dash space then any letter, it will convert the dash to an emdash when the letter is typed.
Alt + 0151 (on the num pad)
Or just press Ctrl + Alt + -
That doesn't work, try ctrl + alt + del
Lemmy lets me do it by typing three hyphens - - - without spaces---like this.
But I really don't see a reason to use anything other than a hyphen - it shows I'm human!
oh---that's neat!
Yea I thought this was a bot, 5 hour old account and such a weird first post containing an em-dash. Glad I was mistaken!
Dunno, I think autocorrection on my phone placed it for me
On my system, I can use the compose key to type a bunch of unicode chars, such as
—,…,≠,→and so on. Sadly, the pervasive use of em-dashes by LLMs ruined my use of them... It's a pity, because I quite like them stylistically.