Who would have thought that three dots could cause so many problems? Most of the Aethernet Magazine writers use the ellipsis … The [Guardian Style Guide](http://www.theguardian.com/styleguide/e) suggests leaving a space before and after the ellipsis. In the Aethernet style guide the ellipsis is always followed by a space "Is it… ?" "Yes… " Preparing texts proves to be an interesting Emacs exercise. It's easy to search for three dots ... , but there also exists a unicode character … Now, as everyone knows, Emacs characters are saved as integers. You can insert any character on Emacs by hitting **C-q** and then the appropriate code in octal, in this case: **C-q 20046** gives … If you want to enter the codes in denary, evaluate the following: `(setq read-quoted-char-radix 10)` Evaluate the above and now… **C-q 8230** gives … Better yet, place the code in your **.emacs** file. Set the value to 16 if you want to quote in hexadecimal. It's easy to find a character's value: **C-x =** gives information about a character under the point. For example, the ellipsis gives `Char: … (8230, \#o20046, \#x2026, file ...)` There are easier ways to insert non-keyboard characters using C-x 8 **C-x 8 ' e** prints é **C-x 8 \`e** prints è **C-x 8 ^ e** prints ê **C-x 8 " u** prints ü **C-x 8 / /** prints ÷ **C-x 8 C** prints © copyright The above are just a few examples **C-x 8 C-h** to see all characters If you want to hurry (dépêcher in French) you might get tired of typing **C-x 8** all the time. The following allows you to omit the **C-x 8** section `M-x set-input-method latin-9-prefix` Okay, what now… ?