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At 10:34 AM 5/20/2000 +0200, you wrote:

>In certain fonts the -- produces weird effects because the - isn't a
>straight dash, but something a bit more fancy.
>
>Is it possible in context to replace -- by {\ss --} (or so)?
>
>With \setuphypenmark the default hyphenation can be corrected. Also with
>\setuplanguage |<| and |>| can be corrected.
>
>Can \installcompoundcharacter be used?
>
>The -- is used in: `the year 1999--2000', `in grades 4--8', etc.

The best way is something in the encoding file, say: 

\definecharacter   dash {-}
\definecharacter endash {--}
\definecharacter emdash {---} 

Given that we (you, others) sort it out on forehand, I can then hook it
into the || mechanism. 

Additional, we can define a \range command, like \range{4}{5} which can be
set up so that one can have 4--6 or 4->6 or 4~~6 or whatever, depending in
the symbol set. 

Hans  

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