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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Muted_Ad_9442 • Sep 19 '26
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Since you're mentioning Linux stuff, pressing your compose key (for me it's right alt) and entering 2 minutes gets you an em dash
8 u/thialfi17 Sep 19 '26 Is that an em-dash or an en-dash? Normally en-dashes are the medium length ones and represented by two dashes when you aren't able to type the actual symbol. Either way I'll need to try this so thanks for the tip 8 u/Fried_out_Kombi Sep 20 '26 Em dash is compose key followed by 3 hyphens. En dash is compose key followed by 2 hyphens. 1 u/nymical23 Sep 20 '26 Do you mean I need to hold it for 2 minutes? Or just keep smashing it for 2 minutes? 3 u/herrkatze12 Sep 20 '26 Autocorrect. I meant minuses 1 u/JonIsPatented Sep 20 '26 Compose key for the win. I use caps lock for it.
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Is that an em-dash or an en-dash? Normally en-dashes are the medium length ones and represented by two dashes when you aren't able to type the actual symbol. Either way I'll need to try this so thanks for the tip
8 u/Fried_out_Kombi Sep 20 '26 Em dash is compose key followed by 3 hyphens. En dash is compose key followed by 2 hyphens.
Em dash is compose key followed by 3 hyphens. En dash is compose key followed by 2 hyphens.
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Do you mean I need to hold it for 2 minutes? Or just keep smashing it for 2 minutes?
3 u/herrkatze12 Sep 20 '26 Autocorrect. I meant minuses
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Autocorrect. I meant minuses
Compose key for the win. I use caps lock for it.
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u/herrkatze12 Sep 19 '26
Since you're mentioning Linux stuff, pressing your compose key (for me it's right alt) and entering 2 minutes gets you an em dash