micro-editor / micro-editor/micro

showing bold and italics and a few others, as per the terminal' capabilities

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Description

Version: 2.0.10
Commit hash: b9763856
Compiled on August 27, 2021
OS: endeavoros
Terminal: foot, last version

Hi,
I wondered, since most temrinals (mine at least) can show bold and italics, if syntax elements could be shown as such in micro ?
Like, in markup syntax, having words meant to be bold actually show up bold, instead of in blue ?
These markups aren't only for fun, they're helpful in working. I don't code but I like using micro to write texts without this clunky Libreoffice.

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Start by tracing how micro renders markup syntax and how it detects terminal capabilities, using the reported foot terminal behavior as a reference. Done means supported markup elements such as bold and italics are displayed with terminal styling rather than only syntax-highlight colors.

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cli
Issue type
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