I am not helpful here, but would simply like to add that I would also love an answer to this, as well as times when italics don't seem to work around periods and commas, like "and /then,/ well, ..." (which does not italicize for me on emacs 24.5.1, org 8.2.1).
Myles English <mylesengl...@gmail.com> writes: > Hello, > > Can anyone tell me what to set org-emphasis-regexp-components to in > order to allow italic quote marks? > > i.e. /"like this"/ > > I don't understand the documentation and am just not in the mood to > spend the next hour or so working it out. (That is a rule of thumb for > me; if it involves a regular expression, it will take at least an hour, > and three cups of tea.) > > Thanks, > Myles