PITS /

00765: Convert triple dash to HTML mdash entity

Summary: Convert triple dash to HTML mdash entity

Created: 2006-06-29 09:06

Status: Closed - add to cookbook

Category: Feature

From: Steven Mascaro

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Priority: 544431

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Description: In latex, three dashes in a row (---) produces one long dash. In HTML, the same symbol is represented by — (—). I'm requesting a syntax/transformation that converts three dashs to '—'. I imagine this would be low risk (I haven't seen the syntax used anywhere).

Also, two dashes (--) in latex produces a slightly shorter dash. In HTML, the same entity is represented by – (–). It would be good if this could be added too, although I'm not sure if it would break anything.

Thanks.

perhaps a recipe if no core implementation?

This probably needs to be a Cookbook recipe.

Pm April 17, 2007, at 03:01 PM

See Cookbook:Markup Extensions which provides markupup for en dash and em dash.