EmDashify — -- → —
The most unnecessary Python library you'll actually use.
Why EmDashify?
LLMs made the em dash (—) hard to ignore. Pew Research Center found that em dashes appeared about twice as often in sampled English-language web text as in 2023. That doesn't make an em dash proof of AI authorship.
The problem? Most QWERTY keyboards have a - key, but no dedicated — key.
EmDashify converts -- to — in Python, your terminal, or text files. No AI. No runtime dependencies. Just punctuation.
Quick start
pip install emdashify
emdashify "Hello -- world"
# Hello — world
from emdashify import convert
convert("Hello -- world") # "Hello — world"
convert("hello--world", compact=True) # "hello—world"
Files
emdashify --file notes.md --diff
emdashify --file notes.md --output notes-fixed.md
emdashify --file notes.md --check
Safe by default: only standalone -- markers are converted. Flags (--help), dates, and --- remain unchanged. Markdown code spans and blocks are protected, and files aren't overwritten implicitly. Use --compact for word--word.
Requires Python 3.10+. See release instructions for development and publishing.
License
BSD-3-Clause-Attribution. Redistributing the package requires preserving the license notices and this acknowledgment:
This product includes software developed by edujbarrios (https://github.com/edujbarrios/EmDashify).
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