Mystery and Crime Chesterton, G.K.: The Uncollected Stories of Father Brown V1 25 May 2025

[rjwse@aol.com]

Texas has it all wrong. In the US, there is not supposed to be spaces around em dashes.

- is the key next to zero on main keyboard or on the 10-key next to star
-- 2 of these joined is en dash via snippet -, -, ctrl j or via compose key, -, -, .
--- 3 of these joined is em dash via snippet -, -, -, ctrl j or via compose key, -, -, -
⸻ longest, called three-em via snippet 3, m, ctrl j or via compose key, 3, m
note: no unicode 3m dash allowed on amazon; use <span style="letter-spacing:-2px">———</span> aka snippet 3m

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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rjwse@aol.com

- is the key next to zero on main keyboard or on the 10-key next to star
-- 2 of these joined is en dash via snippet -, -, ctrl j or via compose key, -, -, .
--- 3 of these joined is em dash via snippet -, -, -, ctrl j or via compose key, -, -, -
⸻ longest, called three-em via snippet 3, m, ctrl j or via compose key, 3, m
note: no unicode 3m dash allowed on amazon; use <span style="letter-spacing:-2px">———</span> aka snippet 3m

-- is an em-dash. It's always been that way.

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's a mistake. an em-dash is not meant to have a space before or after.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page%..._Brown.pdf/236:

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