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Text symbols
Quarkdown features automatic text replacement for commonly used UTF-8 symbols.
Text is automatically replaced wherever inline content is accepted (for example, paragraphs, blockquotes, and boxes, but NOT code blocks/spans, math, URLs, etc.).
| Syntax | Rendered | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
-- | — (em-dash) | |
- | – (en-dash) | Preceded by a word character and a whitespace, followed by a whitespace and a word character. |
... | … | Either at the beginning or end of a word, not in between. |
-> | → | |
<- | ← | |
=> | ⇒ | |
<== | ⇐ | |
>= | ≥ | |
<= | ≤ | |
!= | ≠ | |
+- | ± | |
' | ’ | Not preceded by a word character, followed by a word character. |
' | ’ | Not preceded by a whitespace. |
" | ” | Not preceded by a word character, followed by a word character. |
" | ” | Not preceded by a whitespace, not followed by a word character. |
(C) | © | |
(R) | ® | |
(TM) | ™ |
Example 1
"Quarkdown"--a typesetting system--supports automatic text replacements.“Quarkdown”—a typesetting system—supports automatic text replacements.
Escaping
Escaping a sequence with a backslash \ prevents the text from being replaced:
Example 2
\->->