RE: [External] : Re: character sets as they relate to “Raw” string literals for elisp

[Drew Adams]

> > But the dash surrounded by whitespace on both sides makes the text
> > much more readable:
> 
> It's a cultural thing.  People who come from English cultures are more
> likely to like the style without whitespace.

I doubt that that's true for monospaced fonts.

It's true for much typeset text - e.g. books.,
but even there a thin space is often used.

And in any case, it's the em dash, not the en
dash, that's used in such contexts.  Use of
the en dash is quite different - see my other
mail.