[texhax] The Em Rule, a Question of Style

[Goebel, Juergen]

Lars Madsen wrote:

> Whereas in Danish, we write
> 
> blah -- blah
> 
> that is with spaces and with an en-dash. I haven't heard that a 
> non-breaking space is needed in this case.

In German one sometimes write 

 	blah~-- blah

to prevent a line beginning with the dash.

Juergen