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[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

I liked using em dashes, but now I've stopped. I'm ecen less likely to fix minor spelling and grammatical errors that I otherwise would've, because at least it will be easier to recognize a human behind the comment or post.

Also, signing my name like this helps too: ,,,.),,,.)==============D~~~~~~~

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

I refuse to stop using en dashes. I've been using them because they are good typography, and the fact that clankers got clued in to that doesn't make it wrong.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

You can still have the same function using a hyphen. How do you even type an em dash on a standard keyboard?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I assume compose is meant to be a key? What key is compose?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The Compose key.

If you don't have a compose key, well, you should have one. You can define it easily in the Kde control center. I suppose there's the equivalent in Gnome.

It was introduced by Sun. It's very convenient.