Standardize on em dashes

[JanelleJenstad]

We have been inconsistent in our use of em dashes and double hyphens. @martindholmes and I noted that "There are 89 instances of double-hyphens in the TEI source files, some of which look like they would have to be retained (because they're part of some formal system such as a keyword taxonomy, or they're exemplifying how to create a comment), but most of which could be changed to em dashes. There are 317 instances of actual em dashes, so they are the majority."

With @martindholmes walking me through the process, I made three edits on the dev branch. I will continue this work in my own branch and update the style guide.

[sydb]

Not sure I see a need to be using a separate branch, here (except for practice).

[JanelleJenstad]

I'm making a branch only because I need the practice.

[trishaoconnor]

I'm resuming @JanelleJenstad and @martindholmes's work on this ticket with @sydb's guidance. I have saved the changes directly to dev.

I have saved changes from double hyphens to em dashes to the following files within Source/Specs/*xml:

• att.cmc.xml
  auch von Beckerath gem. Literatur ? Grüße --</p><signed

• att.indentation.xml
  ...was unsicher bei der ganzen Sache und bin jetzt damit auch viel glücklicher!--</p>

• post.xml
  glücklicher!--</p><signed rend="inline" generatedBy="template"><gap

• classDecl.xml

<term>United States -- Politics and government —
<term>Bien et mal -- Enseignement coranique</term>

• hi.xml
  on eût écrit --<q>tu voiras</q>--. </p>

• keywords.xml

<term>Littérature française -- 20ème siècle -- Histoire et critique</term>
<term>Littérature française -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc.</term>
<term>Français (langue) -- Style -- Bases de données.</term>

• taxonomy.xml
  <catDesc>Littérature européenne -- 16e siècle</catDesc>

• textClass.xml

<item>Littérature française -- 20ème siècle -- Histoire et critique</item>
<item>Littérature française -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc.</item>
<item>Français (langue) -- Style -- Bases de données.</item>

• view.xml

face-- </view>
a brownstone--</view>
<view><name>馬克思</name>隨他女兒到窗邊。<hi>雨水</hi> 打在他臉上-- </view>
<view><camera>馬克思的視點</camera> 他看見一些打開的窗戶，而就在他公寓對面，有一個<hi>男子</hi> 正打開富麗堂皇的大門。--</view>

There were also some date ranges that had double hyphens instead of en dashes, so I have updated those instances accordingly within this ticket also (if there are objections, let me know and I can revert):

• locusGrp.xml

<locus from="13" to="26">Bl. 13--26</locus>
<locus from="37" to="58">37--58</locus>
<locus from="82" to="96">82--96</locus>

Also, I changed double hyphens to em dashes in the following files within Source/Guidelines/en/*.xml:

• BIB-Bibliography.xml
  une introduction au codage des textes électroniques en vue de leur échange -- version de

• CO-CoreElements.xml

une introduction au codage des textes électroniques en vue de leur échange -- version de
fourth volumes.   -- In the fifth volume
I have been very good,   -- the precise
to Navarre, -- and the indented curve B.
page, -- I have not taken the least frisk

• DR-PerformanceTexts.xml

<egXML xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/Examples" source="#FieldScreen"><view>George glances at the window--and freezes.
<camera>New angle--shock cut</camera> Out the window

• HD-Header.xml

<term>English literature -- History and criticism -- Data processing.</term>
<term>English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.</term>
<term>English language -- Style -- Data processing.</term>
<term>Style, Literary -- Data processing.</term>
<term>United States -- Politics and government —

And lastly, I changed the double hyphens to em dashes in the HD-Header.xml within Source/Guidelines/fr/*.xml

• HD-Header.xml

<item>Littérature anglaise -- Histoire et critique -- Traitement des données.</item>

<item>Littérature anglaise -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc.</item>

<item>Langue anglaise -- Style -- Traitement des données.</item>

<item>Style, Littérature -- Traitement des données.</item>

<item>États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Révolution, 1775-1783</item>
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[trishaoconnor]

Commit numbers for the above changes:

• 1 file: 778a658

P5\Source\Guidelines\fr\HD-Header.xml

• 3 files: 036937c

att.cmc.xml;
att.indentation.xml;
post.xml

• 11 files: d4b7eef

Guidelines\en\BIB-Bibliography.xml
Guidelines\en\CO-CoreElements.xml
Guidelines\en\DR-PerformanceTexts.xml
Guidelines\en\HD-Header.xml
P5\Source\Specs\classDecl.xml
P5\Source\Specs\hi.xml
P5\Source\Specs\keywords.xml
P5\Source\Specs\locusGrp.xml
P5\Source\Specs\taxonomy.xml
P5\Source\Specs\textClass.xml
P5\Source\Specs\view.xml

[bleekere]

There are a few cases where the use of double hyphens or em-dash remains uncertain, among which the reference to the French version of La TEI simplifiée within Source/Guidelines/fr/BIB-Bibliography.xml:

<bibl xml:id="fr-ex-TEI-simpl" xml:lang="fr"><author>Burnard, Lou</author>,
          <author>Sperberg-McQueen, C. M.</author>, <title>
          <ref target="http://www.gutenberg.eu.org/publications/autres/TEILITE/">La TEI simplifiée,
            une introduction au codage des textes électroniques en vue de leur échange -- version de
            travail </ref>
        </title>, <date>1996</date>.</bibl>

Pinging @lb42 : should de leur échange -- version de travail be a double hyphen -- or an em-dash –?

[lb42]

An em dash, bien sur. Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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[trishaoconnor]

Un très grand merci @lb42 !