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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Examples for adding the string "new text":
 
 Besides the fact that I am using [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_date][ISO dates and times]] in file names
 (as shown in examples above), I am using tags with file names. To
-separate tags from the file name, I am using the separator ~ -- ~
+separate tags from the file name, I am using the separator = -- =
 (space dash dash space).
 
 For people familiar with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex][Regular Expressions]]: