On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 07:28:20PM +0100, Jens Lechtenboerger wrote: > Hi there, > > the syntax for Text Markup such as *bold* at [1] specifies > PRE MARKER CONTENTS MARKER POST with > CONTENTS as BORDER BODY BORDER and > BORDER as “Any non-whitespace character.” > > What is the role of BORDER here? Does it really exist? > > What is BORDER if CONTENTS should be a single character, e.g., in > the two strings “*x*” and “~*~”? Are single characters forbidden?
Yes, this seems a bit unfortunate. The BORDER char may be identical to the BODY. So *f* and *ff* are both valid markups. Perhaps it'd be clearer to forget about the BORDER, only talk about BODY and say that BODY is not empty and doesn't start or end with a whitespace character. Cheers > [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html#Emphasis_Markers -- t
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