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%% Example 3-2-4 on page I-150 in "extdash and amsmath --- Dashes in text".
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{135.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcommand\p{$p$\nobreakdash} % for "\p-adic"
\newcommand\Ndash{\nobreakdash--}% "3\Ndash 9"
\usepackage[shortcuts]{extdash}
\newcommand\n[1]{$n$\-/} % "\n-dimensional"
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\noindent The generalization to the \n-dimensional
case---using the standard \p-adic topology---can be
found on Pages 3\Ndash 9 of Volume IV.
Compare the above em\-/dashes to the \verb=\Emdash=
command\---this leaves a small space on either side.
\end{document}
