one option might be to keep what we have for emphasis, ossify it, and create a backend-independent nestable, multiline [and so on] markup for emphasis.
but not just any syntax [because that would clutter us with more syntax]. this time it would be $[extensible :pretty-nicely t], and it will work for non-emphasis features and for emphasis sub-features we need later. thus, after this, new features and sub-features do not require new syntax. this keeps our syntax issues to a minimum. -- The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. And ANYBODY can get it. Denmark: free Karina Hansen NOW.
