Oleh <ohwoeo...@gmail.com> writes: >>> (setcar (nthcdr 2 org-emphasis-regexp-components) " \t\n,'") >>> (custom-set-variables `(org-emphasis-alist ',org-emphasis-alist)) >> >> However I don't understand why the second line is necessary (but when >> testing it, I found it necessary). >> > > `org-emphasis-alist` has a :set handler `org-set-emph-re` which will do the > job > of setting up the regexps. I don't want to call `org-set-emph-re` directly, > instead I set `org-emphasis-alist` to itself and let the customize interface > call the handler for me.
Quite interesting! Thanks a lot for the very clear explanation. Alan