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24 Sep
2012
24 Sep
'12
5:45 p.m.
The following work \uchar{32}{19} (for the -- ndash)
\def\ndash{\uchar{32}{19}\autoinsertnextspace}
\uchar{32}{20} (for the --- mdash)
\def\mdash{\uchar{32}{20}\autoinsertnextspace} but it would be preferable to be able to use -- and --- instead of \ndash and \mdash. Troy