Bug when italics are applied to bold text that has a space

luckman212 · 2021-11-09T23:08:20.952Z

Steps to reproduce

Start with this text in a note: **Hello** World
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Hit the keyboard shortcut for Italics (e.g. ⌘I)

Expected result

_**Hello** World_

Actual result

***Hello** World*

Screenshot

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Environment

Operating system: macOS 12.0.1
Obsidian version: 0.13.0

WhiteNoise · 2021-11-09T23:39:18.390Z

The actual result is correct. It’s the preview that is wrong.

luckman212 · 2021-11-10T01:07:32.002Z

Hmm, that’s true. Ok, well - still a bug I guess?

luckman212 · 2021-11-10T04:13:07.489Z

Looks like an upstream (codemirror) thing. So I guess it’s a wontfix.

Well, if it “works” by using underscores for italics, how about just having Obsidian use that instead of *s?

github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor

Bold and italics highlighting when there is a space before closing *

opened 01:14PM - 23 Mar 19 UTC

marekdedic

Bug

**Describe the bug** When there is a space before the closing * of a part of th…e text, it shouldn't be italics/bold. In the editor, it not only is higlighted as bold, but the bolding doesn't end with the closing * and continues on. **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Type `**Hello ** World` **Expected behavior** \*\*Hello \*\* World **Actual behaviour** **\*\*Hello \*\* World** ** Version information ** - OS: Debian testing - Browser: Firefox, Chrome - EasyMDE version: 2.5.1

WhiteNoise · 2021-11-10T11:31:20.908Z

This is not a code mirror problem. The editor is looking fine in your screenshot. The problem is in the preview.

dknight212 · 2021-11-10T11:50:16.360Z

I’m not sure that Obsidian is alone is previewing emphasis incorrectly where the pairing is split in this way. See e.g. Markdown Live Preview.

I can’t find any reference but perhaps the markdown spec is unclear on what to do with these cases.

But it’s a simple enough workaround as your own example made clear. You manually insert underscores in place of single asterisks for the italics.

The GitHub link is, I think, a red herring since it refers to a different case, where a space intervenes before a closing bold (or italic).