my problem with the emdash

[nibot]

I think the mdash — which I am ilustrating right here — should be offset with spaces.

Convention is that the emdash—which is just a hyphenated parenthetical interjection—is not.

Comments

[nibot.livejournal.com]

At any rate, an emdash is better than the more often use "--" which is even more wrong ...

But ASCII, (AFAIK) does not contain an emdash, so '--' is a good alternative.

I agree that the lack of spaces is congruent with the emdash's "mission". I just think it looks ugly.