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this new tool is great, but i like to sign with two dashes and it doesnt allow that, so i have to insert the dashes by myself.

You could edit your signature in your preferences to include the dashes. See Help:Signatures#Customized signatures.

no. otherwise when i sign with --~~~~ they would become four dashes.

But why would you do that? If you have the dashes built in your signature, simply don’t type them ever.

Also, it doesnt allow that isn’t true: the tool does allow signing with dashes, it just doesn’t insert them automatically. (Neither does the old editor.)

no. i always press the button that inserts two dashes and never types. i dont just use the new tool. on many occasions i am still using source code editor. the new tool doesnt allow the normal signature button. the question should be, why would the new tool not be consistent with the current source code editor?

You may also have the prefix changed for all users on the wiki by changing the local MediaWiki:Discussiontools-signature-prefix page.

The Reply tool will let you sign -- Rzuo (by default), but only at a few wikis (using non-Latin scripts) would you be able to add the double hyphen without an intervening space.