qjebbs/vscode-markdown-extended

italics in preview displayed as underscores

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gmccullo commented

With this extension enabled, _this text_ would be displayed in the preview underscored. With the extension off, _this text_ is displayed as italic, which is correct.

Trillinon commented

I believe this is because the extension has added markdown-it-underline as a supported extension. I disagree with this choice, as it isn't an extension of the Markdown syntax but an override. I use the underscore for italics, and now my documents no longer render correctly.

I think the underline extension should be removed, and made into a separate markdown plugin extension. At the very least, as the list of extensions grows, they should be configurable.

qjebbs commented

Please use *italic* for italic

gmccullo commented

Here's the spec:

Markdown treats asterisks (*) and underscores (_) as indicators of emphasis. Text wrapped with one * or _ will be wrapped with an HTML <em> tag; double *’s or _’s will be wrapped with an HTML <strong> tag.

_italic_ is italic. The extension should conform to the specification.