And Steven,

You need to insert that same char between , and / in /then,/

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:19 PM Kaushal <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> wrote:

> The solution is simpler than you think; you simply need to add ZERO WIDTH
> SPACE unicode char between / and " (beginning) and " and / (end).
>
> The default way to do it is
>
> C-x 8 RET zero width space RET
>
> or
>
> C-x 8 RET 200b RET
>
> But I need to use this priceless unicode char to escape stuff like this in
> org-mode and so I have bound "0" in "C-x 8" map to insert this char.
> Here is how I do it in my init:
> https://github.com/kaushalmodi/.emacs.d/blob/f3c44e933f45dfdb760540e9f86acc91b55ab94a/setup-files/setup-editing.el#L637
> Thus I simply need to do C-x 8 0 to insert the ZERO WIDTH SPACE.
>
> To elaborate more, <0> below is where you insert the 200b unicode
> characters:
>
> I would like to see /<0>"these surrounding quotes in italics"<0>/.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:46 PM Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am not helpful here, but would simply like to add that I would also
>> love an answer to this, as well as times when italics don't seem to work
>> around periods and commas, like "and /then,/ well, ..." (which does not
>> italicize for me on emacs 24.5.1, org 8.2.1).
>>
>> Myles English <mylesenglish@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Can anyone tell me what to set org-emphasis-regexp-components to in
>> > order to allow italic quote marks?
>> >
>> > i.e. /"like this"/
>> >
>> > I don't understand the documentation and am just not in the mood to
>> > spend the next hour or so working it out.  (That is a rule of thumb for
>> > me; if it involves a regular expression, it will take at least an hour,
>> > and three cups of tea.)
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Myles
>>
>>
>>