How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an utter failure) (opens in new tab)

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1 pointsSushiMon2y ago3 comments

3 comments

For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email. So much so that news hacker Dan Sinker built this.

m348e9122y ago

alt-0151 baby! (or "option shift -" on a Mac)

detaro2y ago

> For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email

Why would that be a browser concern? Keyboard input is an OS responsibility, and a keyboard layout fixes this globally.

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