.. title: endash and emdash in Sphinx
.. slug: emdash_in_sphinx
.. date: 2010-02-06 11:41:12
.. tags: python, dev

<p>
  PyBlosxom uses <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> for documentation
  now.  I was having problems with using <code>--</code> for em-dash and it not
  showing up like an em-dash in the HTML output.
</p>
<p>
  The <a href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html">docutils FAQ</a>
  says to use the actual unicode character for emdash.  I don't really
  want to do that because I'm not sure about what happens when the source
  files are opened up by a non-unicode-friendly text editor.
</p>
<p>
  Turns out that doesn't matter because Sphinx allows <code>--</code> for 
  en-dash and <code>---</code> for em-dash.  Is this something that should
  get added to the Sphinx documentation?
</p>