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[-] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Did you memorize the alt code to make one?

Fun fact: on some keyboard layouts you can access the em dash easly

This is the most common Italian layout

You can see that you just need to press control+hyphen

[-] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 14 hours ago

The marking above the hyphen there is an underscore


it's telling you that hitting shift-hyphen will give you an underscore.

You may be using software that supports inserting an em-dash when you hit that combination, but I don't believe that it's the keyboard layout that dictates that.

searches

It sounds like Microsoft Word does something similar:

https://www.avantixlearning.ca/microsoft-word/how-to-insert-an-em-dash-or-en-dash-in-a-word-document-4-ways/

Use Ctrl with keyboard shortcuts to insert an em or en dash

To insert an em dash, click where you want to insert the em dash and then press Ctrl + Alt + – (minus sign on the numeric keypad).

To insert an en dash, click where you want to insert the en dash and then press Ctrl + – (minus sign on the numeric keypad).

[-] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 14 hours ago

Yes, if you use shift it will give you an underscore but with control (or alt gr) it will give an em dash, should be a thing on Windows and i belive KDE

Or it could be that the keyboard that i use is just like ts but i doubt

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