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[MidlifeFlyer]

One of the things I like about Apple keyboard layouts is that em and en dashes are easy to generate—you know, like that.

Just as easy on a Windows keyboard — you know, like that.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Just as easy on a Windows keyboard — you know, like that.

Okay, what do I not know?

(I know how to do it with three keystrokes on the Apple space cadet keyboards, but not on a Winders keyboard.)

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

Okay, what do I not know?

(I know how to do it with three keystrokes on the Apple space cadet keyboards, but not on a Winders keyboard.)

Two ways. You can do all (most?) ASCII characters with the Alt key held down and the ASCII code input on the number pad (4 keystrokes instead of three). But I prefer using a macro program like Autohotkey because of all of the special characters I use. • ¢ ° § ¶ — – ™ ® © (that last is a non-breaking space).

Always been a bit of a geek.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Two ways. You can do all (most?) ASCII characters with the Alt key held down and the ASCII code input on the number pad (4 keystrokes instead of three). But I prefer using a macro program like Autohotkey because of all of the special characters I use. • ¢ ° § ¶ — – ™ ® © (that last is a non-breaking space).

Always been a bit of a geek.

Yeah, the Alt+number way requires that I remember what those codes are.

Option-Shift-Hyphen, on the other hand, is pretty logical.

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

Yeah, the Alt+number way requires that I remember what those codes are.

Option-Shift-Hyphen, on the other hand, is pretty logical.

That's why I map them. The shift-hyphen is pretty much reserved for the underline, so, in my case, an m-dash is simply three dashes, although Windows-key-Shift-Hyphen would work just as well.

Think we've digressed enough from the topic?