Re: [libreoffice-users] Em-dash

I see what you mean. I probably didn't look closely enough at your examples. Rightly or wrongly 
however, I always have the en-dash with spaces fore and aft, and never use the em-dash. To be 
honest, until relatively recently I just used a hyphen anyway. I suppose that comes from having 
used a typewriter for years before WP became widely available.
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From: ady <adylo811517@gmail.com>
Sent: 30 July 2024 4:21 PM
To: Users <users@global.libreoffice.org>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Em-dash

> En- dash/em-dash
>
> All I need to do is type either double hyphen or triple hyphen to get the appropriate dash. No 
> need for colons etc. I have never changed any autocorrect settings to achieve this. It is 
> triggered by the second space, whether immediately after the hyphen or after the next word.


The detail is important:
word1[space][one (or two) hyphen (minus)][space]word2[space]

...the (double) hyphen (minus) is converted into en-dash, whereas:

word1[double hyphen (minus)]word2[space]

...the double hyphen (minus) is converted into em-dash.

Note the difference of space characters.

Using the colon characters, the replacement is performed precisely as
desired, whether there are space characters adjacent to the words or
not.

HTH,
Ady.

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