haha ah the old zws thing. of course. hadn't crossed my mind! this isn't for export [yet] and previously discussed soluytions for using syntax made me think of exports so it slipped my mind. i do find it odd that a non-visible character is needed, but thanks for bringing it up and providing the code.
on the basis of the invisibilty thing, i /might/ stick to using spc when emphasis is first char of a = note, if no more responses, but will consider it! On 11/12/23, Marcin Borkowski <mb...@mbork.pl> wrote: > > On 2023-11-13, at 05:29, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> if it is as above, the emphasis does not show. but if i put a space >> after =, it does show. i kind of want to keep trying without space, >> but i want emphasis. >> >> is this a possible hack to emphasis syntax? we've changed that around >> a bunch i know, and forgotten details. i suspect it is at your own >> risk stuff now. > > My go-to solution is this: > > (defun insert-zero-width-space () > "Insert Unicode character \"zero-width space\"." > (interactive) > (insert 8203)) > > Hth, > > -- > Marcin Borkowski > http://mbork.pl > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com