> Neither for bar*keeper* nor for *bar*keeper. This will interest you
http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg45991.html ,----[ C-h v org-emphasis-regexp-components RET ] | org-emphasis-regexp-components is a variable defined in `org.el'. | Its value is (" ('\"{" "- .,:!?;'\")}\\" " \n,\"'" "." 1) | | | Documentation: | Components used to build the regular expression for emphasis. | This is a list with five entries. Terminology: In an emphasis string | like " *strong word* ", we call the initial space PREMATCH, the final | space POSTMATCH, the stars MARKERS, "s" and "d" are BORDER characters | and "trong wor" is the body. The different components in this variable | specify what is allowed/forbidden in each part: | | pre Chars allowed as prematch. Beginning of line will be allowed too. | post Chars allowed as postmatch. End of line will be allowed too. | border The chars *forbidden* as border characters. | body-regexp A regexp like "." to match a body character. Don't use | non-shy groups here, and don't allow newline here. | newline The maximum number of newlines allowed in an emphasis exp. | | Use customize to modify this, or restart Emacs after changing it. | | You can customize this variable. `---- > > Thanks, Joe. > > > --