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I don't want to read what you didn't write

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lazyownrt · 1790034739 · focus · HN ↗
How do I type this character on my English keyboard? — also not reading what you didn't write.
1. Leynos · 1790043078 · focus · HN ↗
  On Windows, use wincompose. Space followed by a hyphen gives you an emdash with the cute half-width spaces around it. On Android, I can get an emdash by long pressing hyphen. There's also a keyboard shortcut on the mac for it. No idea about Linux/BSD or iOS, unfortunately.
  1. projektfu · 1790044952 · focus · HN ↗
    On Windows I also use QuickAccent, now part of PowerToys. I could never remember the Alt-code for the em dash. Apparently it's Alt-0151. With QuickAccent I hold a letter and right or left arrow and up comes a menu of related symbols. It's pretty neat.
    On Mac, it's option-shift-hyphen. Option-hyphen gives the en dash.
    On Linux, you may be able to type Ctrl-Shift-U to get unicode entry and type 2014 and Enter. 2013 is the en dash. Again, I will never remember that.
    asciimov · 1790051814 · focus · HN ↗
    In Linux if you enable the compose key it’s the compose key followed by 3 dashes.
  2. adastra22 · 1790060174 · focus · HN ↗
    cute little half-width spaces?
    Leynos · 1790066286 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_character#Hair_spaces_around_dashes" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_character#Hair_spac...
2. ZPrimed · 1790045036 · focus · HN ↗
  on a Mac, it's Option+Shift+-
  — (em dash)
  Option+- gives you an "en dash": – which is longer than a normal hyphen.
3. zahlman · 1790082865 · focus · HN ↗
  On Linux, it's whatever you say it is, after reading through `man xcompose`.

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