From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guido Van Hoecke Subject: Problem with ''Emphasis and monospace`` text Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 19:57:39 +0200 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42017) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWMN-0001so-6d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:58:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWMK-0007LI-Uk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:58:02 -0400 Received: from mail-gy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.160.169]:45339) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWMK-0007KO-K5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:58:00 -0400 Received: by gyg13 with SMTP id 13so103678gyg.0 for ; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:57:59 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: orgmode Hi, The orgmode help file states that text can be changed to *bold* by embedding it in a couple of '*' characters. *This works file with text that is not longer than three lines*. However, *as soon as the bold text is spread over more than two lines, such as the paragraph you're reading now, the text does not become bold, not in Emacs, and not in the exported pdf*. In that case, the asterisks are output verbatim. As soon as the text is flowed over two physical lines rather than three, it immediately becomes bold. I can imagine that org (or whatever underlying code handles this kind of markup) deliberately limits the scan for trailing '*' to some arbitrary value to avoid wild goose chases. If I paste this mail in an fresh org buffer, the only bold text will be the word bold in the first sentence, and the last sentence of the first paragraph. The second paragraph has no bold text at all, unless you join the sentence into two or one physical lines. This limitation also bites me for the '/' character, so I assume it's the same for '_', '=' and '~'. I was wondering whether this limitation is configurable? TIA, guivho.