Why is `--` converted into ndash and how can I get rid of it?

I have a blog where I publish Linux tutorials. Some of the commands I listed have a -- before command-line arguments. e.g.: dpkg --get-selections.

The problem is that WordPress automatically switches -- to an (ndash;).

I know I could use the minus;minus; HTML entities, but the display is slightly different than the keyboard - sign.

What I want is to disable this behaviour of WP. Is there a way to solve this?

Topic wp-kses htmlspecialchars-decode html-editor Wordpress

Category Web

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Problem solved with this gist https://gist.github.com/4329321 .

[notexturize]--[/notexturize] worked like a charm.

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