Handle <ndash> and <mdash> tags in the docs xml

etgtools/sphinx_generator.py

@@ -1915,6 +1915,27 @@ class ULink(Node):
         return text
 
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+class DashBase(Node):
+    dash_text = '-'
+
+    def Join(self, with_tail=True):
+        text = self.dash_text
+        if self.element.text:
+            text += self.element.text
+        if with_tail and self.element.tail:
+            text += convertToPython(self.element.tail)
+        return text
+
+
+class EnDash(DashBase):
+    dash_text = u'\u2013'
+
+class EmDash(DashBase):
+    dash_text = u'\u2014'
+
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
 class XMLDocString(object):
@@ -2217,6 +2238,11 @@ class XMLDocString(object):
             self.root.AddSection(section)
             rest_class = parent
 
+        elif tag == 'ndash':
+            rest_class = EnDash(element, parent)
+        elif tag == 'mdash':
+            rest_class = EmDash(element, parent)
+
         else:
             rest_class = Node('', parent)