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1. LeoPan+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-08-30 07:11:00
Hyphen minus, yes. The one on your keyboard.
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2. layer8+Mr[view] [source] 2025-08-30 13:02:35
>>LeoPan+(OP)
Keys on the keyboard aren’t characters.
replies(1): >>LeoPan+W11
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3. LeoPan+W11[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-30 17:40:10
>>layer8+Mr
Pointless bickering. The minus sign on your keyboard is what 99% of people will hit when they want a dash.
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4. layer8+2f1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-30 19:31:23
>>LeoPan+W11
My point is there’s a whole software stack that determines what character is actually output when you hit that key, based on locale and IME, and also depending on the application. You meant to indicate a specific character, but specifying a key is a bad way to do that. Keyboard controllers don’t work in terms of characters. I could easily configure my OS to output U+2010 HYPHEN for that key by default, for example, and might actually do that for a typesetting application.
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