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Comment by JimDabell

5 months ago

iOS 11, released in September 2017, added the Smart Punctuation feature, which included turning a double hyphen into an em dash:

https://daringfireball.net/2018/02/ios_messages_smart_punctu...

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viccis  5 months ago

I figured it was something like this but was a bit too lazy to dig through iOS release notes haha

binary132  5 months ago

I actually really hate the smart punctuation. If I want an ellipsis, give me the option, but don’t presume it’s what I meant to type. They look awful in many fonts, too.