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.Textual symbol replacements
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|Name |Syntax |Unicode Replacement |Rendered |Notes

|Copyright
|(C)
|&#169;
|(C)
|

|Registered
|(R)
|&#174;
|(R)
|

|Trademark
|(TM)
|&#8482;
|(TM)
|

|Em dash
|--
|&#8212;
|{empty}--{empty}
|Only replaced if between two word characters, between a word character and a line boundary, or flanked by spaces.

When flanked by space characters (e.g., `+a -- b+`), the normal spaces are replaced by thin spaces (\&#8201;).

|Ellipsis
|...
|&#8230;
|...
|

|Single right arrow
|->
|&#8594;
|->
|

|Double right arrow
|=>
|&#8658;
|=>
|

|Single left arrow
|<-
|&#8592;
|<-
|

|Double left arrow
|<=
|&#8656;
|<=
|

|Typographic apostrophe
|Sam's
|Sam&#8217;s
|Sam's
|The typewriter apostrophe is replaced with the typographic (aka curly) apostrophe.
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