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`-S`, `--smart`
: Produce typographically correct output, converting straight quotes
- to curly quotes, `---` and `--` to dashes, and `...` to ellipses.
- Nonbreaking spaces are inserted after certain abbreviations, such
- as "Mr." (Note: This option is significant only when the input format is
- `markdown` or `textile`. It is selected automatically when the input
- format is `textile` or the output format is `latex` or `context`.)
+ to curly quotes, `---` to em-dashes, `--` to en-dashes, and
+ `...` to ellipses. Nonbreaking spaces are inserted after certain
+ abbreviations, such as "Mr." (Note: This option is significant only when
+ the input format is `markdown` or `textile`. It is selected automatically
+ when the input format is `textile` or the output format is `latex` or
+ `context`.)
+
+`--old-dashes`
+: Selects the pandoc <= 1.8.2.1 behavior for parsing smart dashes: `-` before
+ a numeral is an en-dash, and `--` is an em-dash. This option is selected
+ automatically for `textile` input.
`-5`, `--html5`
: Produce HTML5 instead of HTML4. This option has no effect for writers