>> I am not sure if "Org *10*.0" is a good general example. It is probably >> one of those cases when users want fine control over emphasis and must >> use zero width space. > > This is simply the first example that crossed my mind. My point is that > changing the regexp substantially may not be rewarding, ultimately.
Agree. At least not until we find a clearly better variant. Yet, I do not like the current state of things. Especially with regards to mixing emphasis and hidden parts of links. Situations like in /A link [[https://orgmode.org/?oops=true][Org Mode]] or like reported in https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87pmtqp79s....@web.de/ can be very hard to notice and cause "mysterious" Org failures. >> +Sometimes, when marked text also contains the marker character itself, >> +the result may be unsettling. For example, [ 8 more citation lines. Click/Enter to show. ] >> + >> +#+begin_example >> +/One may expect this whole sentence to be italicized, but the >> +following ~user/?variable~ contains =/= character, which effectively >> +stops emphasis there./ >> +#+end_example >> + >> +You can use zero width space to help Org sorting out the ambiguity. >> +See [[*Escape Character]] for more details. > > LGTM! Applied. Best, Ihor