> > i wonder why \nobreakdash- implements hyphen. it is used just because dash- > > accidentaly reminds hyphen or it is that latex dash- = hyphen(in > > typographical sense), while dash--/--- = dash ? > > I don't understand.
this question rose when i tried to translate the string. in czech there are different words for hyphen and dash and i was puzzled, that hypen is implemented by macro containing "dash" in its name. pavel