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There is a question about minuses in listings.



Is it possible to make (document-wide) the minus sign (−) to look like the typographic minus, but be copied from the resulting PDF as the hyphen (-), used in source code?






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      There is a question about minuses in listings.



      Is it possible to make (document-wide) the minus sign (−) to look like the typographic minus, but be copied from the resulting PDF as the hyphen (-), used in source code?






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      Is it possible to make (document-wide) the minus sign (−) to look like the typographic minus, but be copied from the resulting PDF as the hyphen (-), used in source code?






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          documentclassarticle
          usepackageaccsupp
          newcommandpdfminusBeginAccSuppmethod=escape,ActualText=--EndAccSupp
          begindocument
          $pdfminus A pdfminus B = C$

          $-A - B = C$
          enddocument


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          Copy/paste yields:



          -A - B = C
          􀀀A 􀀀 B = C





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          • Is it possible to seamlessly substitute it, without creating a new command and typing it every time?
            – homocomputeris
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          • @homocomputeris There is no way, in a general sense, to do this in pdflatex (maybe there is in lualatex...I don't know). What can be done is temporarily making - active and redirecting it to pdfminus within the scope of the active minus. However, you can't leave it active all the time, or it screws up any calculation requiring a length or integer subtraction.
            – Steven B. Segletes
            32 secs ago










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          documentclassarticle
          usepackageaccsupp
          newcommandpdfminusBeginAccSuppmethod=escape,ActualText=--EndAccSupp
          begindocument
          $pdfminus A pdfminus B = C$

          $-A - B = C$
          enddocument


          enter image description here



          Copy/paste yields:



          -A - B = C
          􀀀A 􀀀 B = C





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          • Is it possible to seamlessly substitute it, without creating a new command and typing it every time?
            – homocomputeris
            3 mins ago










          • @homocomputeris There is no way, in a general sense, to do this in pdflatex (maybe there is in lualatex...I don't know). What can be done is temporarily making - active and redirecting it to pdfminus within the scope of the active minus. However, you can't leave it active all the time, or it screws up any calculation requiring a length or integer subtraction.
            – Steven B. Segletes
            32 secs ago














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          documentclassarticle
          usepackageaccsupp
          newcommandpdfminusBeginAccSuppmethod=escape,ActualText=--EndAccSupp
          begindocument
          $pdfminus A pdfminus B = C$

          $-A - B = C$
          enddocument


          enter image description here



          Copy/paste yields:



          -A - B = C
          􀀀A 􀀀 B = C





          share|improve this answer






















          • Is it possible to seamlessly substitute it, without creating a new command and typing it every time?
            – homocomputeris
            3 mins ago










          • @homocomputeris There is no way, in a general sense, to do this in pdflatex (maybe there is in lualatex...I don't know). What can be done is temporarily making - active and redirecting it to pdfminus within the scope of the active minus. However, you can't leave it active all the time, or it screws up any calculation requiring a length or integer subtraction.
            – Steven B. Segletes
            32 secs ago












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          documentclassarticle
          usepackageaccsupp
          newcommandpdfminusBeginAccSuppmethod=escape,ActualText=--EndAccSupp
          begindocument
          $pdfminus A pdfminus B = C$

          $-A - B = C$
          enddocument


          enter image description here



          Copy/paste yields:



          -A - B = C
          􀀀A 􀀀 B = C





          share|improve this answer














          documentclassarticle
          usepackageaccsupp
          newcommandpdfminusBeginAccSuppmethod=escape,ActualText=--EndAccSupp
          begindocument
          $pdfminus A pdfminus B = C$

          $-A - B = C$
          enddocument


          enter image description here



          Copy/paste yields:



          -A - B = C
          􀀀A 􀀀 B = C






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          • Is it possible to seamlessly substitute it, without creating a new command and typing it every time?
            – homocomputeris
            3 mins ago










          • @homocomputeris There is no way, in a general sense, to do this in pdflatex (maybe there is in lualatex...I don't know). What can be done is temporarily making - active and redirecting it to pdfminus within the scope of the active minus. However, you can't leave it active all the time, or it screws up any calculation requiring a length or integer subtraction.
            – Steven B. Segletes
            32 secs ago
















          • Is it possible to seamlessly substitute it, without creating a new command and typing it every time?
            – homocomputeris
            3 mins ago










          • @homocomputeris There is no way, in a general sense, to do this in pdflatex (maybe there is in lualatex...I don't know). What can be done is temporarily making - active and redirecting it to pdfminus within the scope of the active minus. However, you can't leave it active all the time, or it screws up any calculation requiring a length or integer subtraction.
            – Steven B. Segletes
            32 secs ago















          Is it possible to seamlessly substitute it, without creating a new command and typing it every time?
          – homocomputeris
          3 mins ago




          Is it possible to seamlessly substitute it, without creating a new command and typing it every time?
          – homocomputeris
          3 mins ago












          @homocomputeris There is no way, in a general sense, to do this in pdflatex (maybe there is in lualatex...I don't know). What can be done is temporarily making - active and redirecting it to pdfminus within the scope of the active minus. However, you can't leave it active all the time, or it screws up any calculation requiring a length or integer subtraction.
          – Steven B. Segletes
          32 secs ago




          @homocomputeris There is no way, in a general sense, to do this in pdflatex (maybe there is in lualatex...I don't know). What can be done is temporarily making - active and redirecting it to pdfminus within the scope of the active minus. However, you can't leave it active all the time, or it screws up any calculation requiring a length or integer subtraction.
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          32 secs ago

















           

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