Hello, a possible dirty solution could be defining the macro with two Unicode zero-width spaces (u+200b):
#+MACRO: quote (eval (concat "@@html:<span class=\"quote\">“@@" "\u200B" $1 "\u200B" "@@html:”</span>@@")) Regards, Juan Manuel m27315 <m27...@gmail.com> writes: > 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. > > .... > > 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">“@@$1@@html:”</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">“This is a vanilla > quote without markup”</span>, Abraham Lincoln.</p> > <p><span class="quote">“This is a similar control quote without > markup”</span>, George Washington said.</p> > > <h2 id="org962a914">Test macro with leading <b>strongly</b> marked > text:</h2> > <p>Wilson quipped, <span class="quote">“*Not all* quotes are > important!”</span>.</p> > <p><span class="quote">“*But this* is a very important > quote”</span>, Thomas Jefferson replied.</p> > > <h2 id="org47bf84f">Test macro with trailing <b>strongly</b> marked > text:</h2> > <p>Retorted Yoda, <span class="quote">“Critical if not uncertain, > all *my quotes are*”</span>.</p> > <p><span class="quote">“I am certain they are *all > uncertain*”</span>, Anakin sneered.</p> > > <h2 id="org08c1694">Test macro with leading, middle, and trailing marked > text:</h2> > <p>Darth Vader threatened, <span class="quote">“*All* of <b>my > quotes</b> are *heeded carefully!*”</span>.</p> > <p><span class="quote">“*Nobody* listens to <b>meesa</b> quotes. > *Why?*”</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 > >