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0 pointskeybored23d ago0 comments

This is the home of the writing luminaries that can’t imagine outputting em-dashes by hand.

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where is the em-dash key on your keyboard? Yes, I know you can use a shortcut. 99.9% of people don't.

Many editing tools support double or triple hyphen that convert automatically to em dashes. On Android it's trivial to write an em dash (easier than say the percent symbol).

I even have a plug-in that converts some hyphens to em dashes on my blog.

Rendering judgment on someone who published something on their own site without knowing their stack reflects more on you than him.

alvah21d ago

Not the point, and no it doesn't. 99% of anything published since ChatGPT launched, that contains em-dashes, is suspected AI slop. Very few writers will make the extra effort to manually insert an em-dash - in fact hardly any writers even know how to or where it should be used.

I am merely stating how people now view em-dashes, not how I wish things were.

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keyboredOP22d ago

Level 4 modifier + some key with my custom setup. On Linux in my locale and with an AltGr key you can use Shift+AltGr+hyphen.

You thought I wouldn’t have a reply to that?

alvah21d ago

I thought you would miss the point. Looks like you did.

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alvah23d ago

where is the em-dash key on your keyboard? Yes, I know you can use a shortcut. 99.9% of people don't.

BeetleB22d ago

Many editing tools support double or triple hyphen that convert automatically to em dashes. On Android it's trivial to write an em dash (easier than say the percent symbol).

I even have a plug-in that converts some hyphens to em dashes on my blog.

Rendering judgment on someone who published something on their own site without knowing their stack reflects more on you than him.

alvah21d ago

I am merely stating how people now view em-dashes, not how I wish things were.

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keyboredOP22d ago

Level 4 modifier + some key with my custom setup. On Linux in my locale and with an AltGr key you can use Shift+AltGr+hyphen.

You thought I wouldn’t have a reply to that?

alvah21d ago

I thought you would miss the point. Looks like you did.

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