The following work<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">\uchar{32}{19} (for the -- ndash)<br></blockquote><div><br>\def\ndash{\uchar{32}{19}\autoinsertnextspace}<br>
 </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">\uchar{32}{20} (for the --- mdash)<br></blockquote><div><br>\def\mdash{\uchar{32}{20}\autoinsertnextspace}<br>
 <br>but it would be preferable to be able to use -- and --- instead of \ndash and \mdash.<br><br>Troy<br></div></div>