Org allows *emphasis* markers to be surrounded by spaces to some markup: 1. Before opening emphasis marker we can have space; -('"{ 2. After closing emphasis marker we can have space; -.,;:!?'")}\[
(see org-element--parse-generic-emphasis) I keep looking at these rules and remain confused, even though I do remember that Nicolas stated good reasons for this. But... Why "[" can be after closing marker and _not_ before opening marker. It is counter-intuitive. And what about "]"? Can somebody dig into that mailing list archives and figure out the reasons why some characters are allowed and some now. I will then put them into code comments or maybe even into Org syntax spec. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>