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--- doc:emojis_and_special_characters [2026/04/20 12:30] – [DokuWiki syntax] Simon Grant
+++ doc:emojis_and_special_characters [2026/04/20 12:31] (current) – [DokuWiki syntax] Simon Grant
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 You can use the keyboard characters to produce emojis, as appear when you use the toolbar; and there is no need to use the toolbar once you know the character sequence. The standard DokuWiki ones are given in the [syntax documentation](wiki:syntax#text_conversions): please see there for the list, both of emoticons and some obvious arrow characters.
-For example, for an ordinary right-pointing arrow, typing `->` gives ->, etc. You can also get this character from the 'Special Chars' menu →, or just directly if you know how to put it in from your device: →. There is no difference in the end result. `--` gives an en-dash; `---` gives an em-dash.
+For example, for an ordinary right-pointing arrow, typing `->` gives ->, etc. You can also get this character from the 'Special Chars' menu →, or just directly if you know how to put it in from your device: →. There is no difference in the end result. This `--` gives an en-dash (--); `---` gives an em-dash (---).
 By the way, if you need something that isn't there, if it's a reasonable request, we can configure our DokuWiki to recognise another character string to give an unusual UTF-8 character, or a small graphic.