Re: [O] emdash and endash

[Christian Moe]

On 4/18/11 2:19 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Matt Lundin<address@hidden>  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