Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> writes: > Isn't nested bold for "**bold**" a bug? Generally it is not allowed and > > *b1 *b2* b3* > > is parsed as bold only for "b1 *b2".
No, **bold** it is not a bug. The parser is recursive with inner markup not "seeing" its parent. So, we first parse the outer bold and then continue parsing the contents separately, as *bold*. Be it another way, /*bold italic*/ would also not be allowed as we demand bol, whitespace, -, (, {, ', or " before the markup: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html#Emphasis_Markers -- 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>