[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8161: Spaced hyphens into spaced dashes

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#8161: Spaced hyphens into spaced dashes
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 Reporter:  joshuagoodwin  |       Owner:  joshuagoodwin 
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  low            |   Milestone:                
Component:  General        |     Version:                
 Severity:  trivial        |    Keywords:  formatting.php
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 We all know that "---" and " -- " are changed into em-dashes (`—`),
 and that "--" is changed into an en-dash (`—`). But another bit of
 formatting really ought to take place - space-surrounded hyphens, like
 that one, ought to be turned into en-dashes by `wp-
 includes/formatting.php`. This is what Microsoft Word does, and -
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#En_dash_versus_em_dash says Wikipedia]
 - the style is adopted by many publishers. So this easy-to-implement
 feature really ought to be implemented - it happens with the likes of
 Textpattern.

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