From c2832c0e5e73fc54a987232c1686cc8abbef57d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:36:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Replace dashes

---
 newsdaemon.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/newsdaemon.py b/newsdaemon.py
index 00bd814fe..8cb2d697a 100644
--- a/newsdaemon.py
+++ b/newsdaemon.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ __status__ = "Production"
 import os
 import time
 import datetime
-import unicodedata
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from newswire import getDictFromNewswire
 from posts import createNewsPost
@@ -51,8 +50,9 @@ def saveArrivedTime(baseDir: str, postFilename: str, arrived: str) -> None:
         arrivedFile.close()
 
 
-def removeControlCharacters(content: str):
-    return "".join(ch for ch in content if unicodedata.category(ch)[0]!="C")
+def removeControlCharacters(content: str) -> str:
+    return content.replace('&8211;', '-')
+
 
 def convertRSStoActivityPub(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
                             domain: str, port: int,