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Re:[OT] Re^9: Perl and MongoDB (quoting style)

by Fletch (Bishop)
on Jul 13, 2020 at 21:10 UTC ( [id://11119270]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to [OT] Re^9: Perl and MongoDB (quoting style)
in thread Perl and MongoDB

Another fun one from Redmond is that OuthouseOutlook has the annoying tendency to "correct" -- to an — (mdash) for you. While more typographically pretty that doesn't really play nice with Getopt::Long or other such argument parsing when people naïve non-*NIX users (or even regular *NIX users) try and copy-and-paste the instructions you sent them straight into their shell.

Edit: In their defense it can be disabled, but that only helps you once you've done that.
Preferences > AutoCorrect > AutoFormat > "Dashes with n-dashes and m-dashes"

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