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Comment by alwillis

2 months ago

> Mac, alt-minus.

I've been using Macs for decades; it's called the Option key; no seasoned Mac user calls it "Alt".

I know when a PC-style keyboard is attached to a Mac, the Alt key functions as the Option key. [1]

- Option-minus creates an en dash

- Option-Shift-minus creates an em dash

[1]: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/intro-to-mac-keyboa...

[2]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-...

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ben_w  2 months ago

Mac since 1995 or so, pretty seasoned.

But I also have windows keyboards plugged in. Hard enough getting the ones I like around here without also constraining them to Apple's preferred symbols printed on the keys.