How to typeset --?

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So I have been writing report, and had to put two - in row. It typesets as one instead of two -. I remember as I read Stefan Kottwitz's Latex for beginners guide, he have mentioned about --, but hadn't said how to actually typeset two - in row. (I may be wrong but anyways)

So, code

\subsection{Тестування}
\paragraph{Пункт \code{а}}
Відкриємо термінал та попросимо програму вивести справку користувача.
\begin{figure}[H]
    \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}
        \begin{figure}[H]
            \centering
            \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{images/t1.1}
        \end{figure}
    \end{minipage}
    \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{images/t1.2}
    \end{figure}
    \end{minipage}
    \caption{Справка користувача, опція \code{--help (-h)}}
    \label{fig:help}
\end{figure}
Відштовхуючись від \cref{fig:help}, перевіримо решту опцій.
\begin{figure}[H]
    \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}
        \begin{figure}[H]
            \centering
            \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{images/t3.1}
        \end{figure}
    \end{minipage}
    \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{images/t3.2}
    \end{figure}
    \end{minipage}
    \caption{Опція \code{--file (-f)}}
    \label{fig:file}
\end{figure}

produces

How to typeset -- as two minuses?

Just tried to put ----file instead of --file it works. Bruh. — Vladyslav Rehan, Apr 02 '23 at 20:17
It depends on how \code is defined. If this is a macro that is verbatim, it should output two hyphens: \verb{--file (-f)}. But it seems that it is not, so you could try -{}- or -\/-. The problem is that -- is taken as a ligature for an en-dash and --- is taken as ligature for an em-dash. Therefore, if you write ----, you won't get two hyphens but one em-dash and one hyphen, which might not be exactly what you want. — Jasper Habicht, Apr 02 '23 at 20:21
What's the reason for \begin{figure}[H] inside a minipage? And the minipage is also useless. — egreg, Apr 02 '23 at 20:25
@egreg So I could put two figures side-by-side in other way? Can you tell me? — Vladyslav Rehan, Apr 03 '23 at 07:50
\includegraphics for each figure with width .5\linewidth will make them side-by-side. — Teddy van Jerry, Apr 03 '23 at 09:59
You may try \newcommand{\code}{\lstinline} with package listings, so -- will be displayed as is. — Teddy van Jerry, Apr 03 '23 at 12:21

How to typeset --?

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