Hi Greg, thank you for your comment, Greg Minshall writes:
> in fact, i am always queasy when i enter ZWNBSP in a .org (or any other) > file. some sort of "visible" sequence would be great. backwards > compatibility might be a problem. Yes I agree. I think that in this case, a new mark would not compromise backward compatibility, as this presumed new mark would do the same function as zero width space: i.e. delimit to preserve emphasis. Of course one could go on using a zero-width space, though I keep thinking that this is rather a puntual workaround and should not form part of the syntax. > your last example > > : [''*literature*''] > > seems a bit of sleight-of-hand, though. iiuc, text inside square > brackets isn't highlighted currently, and ZWNBSP doesn't (afaict) turn > on highlighting. (maybe there's been recent discussion, modifications > of this?) The idea would be to use a kind of 'protection mark', to allow something in a context where it is not allowed: a passport ;-). As the emphasis marks are recognized before and after a single quote, I thought that maybe a sequence of two single quotes could function here as a protection mark (screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/cPIH9qa.png). For example: #+begin_example | Some examples where emphasis marks are not allowed | Protected emphasis marks | |----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------| | /meta/literature | /meta/''literature | | [/literature/] | [''/literature/''] | | <*literature*> | <''*literature*''> | | meta/*literature* | meta/''*literature* | #+end_example With the protection marks we get (in LaTeX for example): \emph{meta}literature [\emph{literature}] <\textbf{literature}> meta/\textbf{literature} Best regards, Juan Manuel
