Ionaru / Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor
Asteriks * within Word interpreted as italic
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
**Describe the bug**
Asterisks * inside of words are mainly used for gender-inclusive writing in German.
A word like Mechaniker*in is interpreted as italic.
**To Reproduce**
Type Mechaniker*in
**Expected behavior**
Asteriks inside words are not interpreted.
They either have to be at the beginning of a line, or after a Space to be the start of an italic word or phrase.
**Screenshots**
**Version information**
- EasyMDE version: 2.17.0
Contributor guide
Research direction
No file or test is named. First reproduce the issue by entering “Mechaniker*in” in EasyMDE, then trace the Markdown parsing or italic-detection entry point. Done means asterisks inside words remain literal while asterisks at the start of a line or after a space still begin italic text.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, markdown
- Domain
- content, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100