Re: *strong* markup not honored at boundary of macro input during HTML export

[m27315]

Resending as plain-text ... If somebody could point me in the direction of 
the code that might be responsible for this, I'll try to take a look.

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If the following org file is exported as HTML, any *strong* markup for words 
at the beginning or the end of the input string are ignored.  (I have 
included several slight variations to help testing.)

   #+TITLE: Test MACRO with *strong* Markup Input
   #+OPTIONS: date:nil timestamp:nil num:nil stat:t title:t toc:nil
   #+MACRO: quote @@html:<span class="quote">&ldquo;@@$1@@html:&rdquo;</span>@@

   * Test macro with non-marked text:
   Demonstrating that, {{{quote(This is a vanilla quote without markup)}}},
   Abraham Lincoln.

   {{{quote(This is a similar control quote without markup)}}}, George
   Washington said.

   * Test macro with leading *strongly* marked text:
   Wilson quipped, {{{quote(*Not all* quotes are important!)}}}.

   {{{quote(*But this* is a very important quote)}}}, Thomas Jefferson replied.

   * Test macro with trailing *strongly* marked text:
   Retorted Yoda, {{{quote(Critical if not uncertain\, all *my quotes are*)}}}.

   {{{quote(I am certain they are *all uncertain*)}}}, Anakin sneered.

   * Test macro with leading, middle, and trailing marked text:
   Darth Vader threatened, {{{quote(*All* of *my quotes* are *heeded
   carefully!*)}}}.

   {{{quote(*Nobody* listens to *meesa* quotes. *Why?*)}}}, Jar-Jar whined.

The condensed filtered HTML output is:

   ...
   <h2 id="org40a1103">Test macro with non-marked text:</h2>
   <p>Demonstrating that, <span class="quote">&ldquo;This is a vanilla
   quote without markup&rdquo;</span>, Abraham Lincoln.</p>
   <p><span class="quote">&ldquo;This is a similar control quote without
   markup&rdquo;</span>, George Washington said.</p>

   <h2 id="org962a914">Test macro with leading <b>strongly</b> marked
   text:</h2>
   <p>Wilson quipped, <span class="quote">&ldquo;*Not all* quotes are
   important!&rdquo;</span>.</p>
   <p><span class="quote">&ldquo;*But this* is a very important
   quote&rdquo;</span>, Thomas Jefferson replied.</p>

   <h2 id="org47bf84f">Test macro with trailing <b>strongly</b> marked
   text:</h2>
   <p>Retorted Yoda, <span class="quote">&ldquo;Critical if not uncertain,
   all *my quotes are*&rdquo;</span>.</p>
   <p><span class="quote">&ldquo;I am certain they are *all
   uncertain*&rdquo;</span>, Anakin sneered.</p>

   <h2 id="org08c1694">Test macro with leading, middle, and trailing marked
   text:</h2>
   <p>Darth Vader threatened, <span class="quote">&ldquo;*All* of <b>my
   quotes</b> are *heeded carefully!*&rdquo;</span>.</p>
   <p><span class="quote">&ldquo;*Nobody* listens to <b>meesa</b> quotes.
   *Why?*&rdquo;</span>, Jar-Jar whined.</p>
   ...

Notice how the *strong* marks are only transformed into <b></b> tags inside 
a string, not at the boundaries.

Can anybody confirm or explain what I am doing wrong?

Thanks!

Trevor