Dan PortsJul 4
Bruce Davie

I've been using em dashes since I picked up the LaTeX manual in 1986 and I'm not going back just because some text extruding software uses them more than most humans.

Also, my grandfather was a printer and I knew from an early age that "em" and "en" were legit scrabble words.

#OldManYellsAtCloud

Jul 4 at 5:12amWeb
Show threadRob Ricci 🦅Jul 4
@Drbruced I built a keyboard that has keys for em and en dashes, I'm definitely not giving them up
Show threadmivox is exhausted Jul 4
@Drbruced @LibertyForward1 Solidarity!   No garbage mad libs program will ever take my beloved em dashes away from me.
Show threadTony VladusichJul 4

@Drbruced

💯

Show thread2xfoJul 4
@Drbruced
Your father was a printer? My printer is a Brother!
(Fwiw ai is a valid Scrabble word too 🙃)
Show threadNerbJul 4

@Drbruced

Does this make me AI?

// --- Timing Variables for Display Update ---

I use them all the time to identify sections while commenting code. Did not know I was self identifying as AI. Was taught to use lots of comments in assembler classes.

Click Beep reboot,,

Show threadNick RadcliffeJul 4

@Drbruced @anna Likewise; and good for you. I hope you also use them tight to words—like this—rather than in their ugly — non-tight — form.

[I originally added “But I vaguely remember that while Knuth used tight dashes in the TeXbook, Leslie Lamport used them in their isolated form in the LaTeX book.” But I just checked, and misremembered: Lamport uses tight dashes too. My apologies to him and all.]