I applaud this data. But how are people actually creating an em-dash in the "add comment" box? Some non-obvious OS-level shortcut?

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necubi 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

On macOS it’s easy—opt+shift+-.

The em-dash used to be a slightly snooty way for Mac users to announce themselves. Sad that the polarity of perception has reversed.

I’ve been typing em-dashes since I got my first MacBook in 2006 and I’m not going to let the AI companies take my beautiful punctuation away from me.

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ronsor 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Compose key, alt key codes, WinKey + . on Windows—there are many ways. It's also easy to do on most phone keyboards by holding down the hyphen key for more options.

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dullcrisp 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

document.querySelector("textarea").value += '—' in the Javascript console.

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jer0me 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Option Shift Hyphen on macOS

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acheron 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You type -- and it autocorrects on iOS.

	▲	9dev 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		You can also long-press the dash key on the iOS keyboard.

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Kungfuturtle 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I've long been a fan of the em dash—one of the first things I did when I migrated back from OSX to Windows was to set up an AutoHotKey function to map <Alt>+<-> to an em dash.