From 20e6319fb9fa4ed3cf285b921a1f2e580c202a36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rickstrahl <rstrahl@west-wind.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:39:34 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Update italic highlighting rules to avoid intra word
 highlights. #4358

---
 lib/ace/mode/markdown_highlight_rules.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/markdown_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/markdown_highlight_rules.js
index d3a784f4c62..8186a160bea 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/markdown_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/markdown_highlight_rules.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ var MarkdownHighlightRules = function() {
             regex : "([*]{2}|[_]{2}(?=\\S))(.*?\\S[*_]*)(\\1)"
         }, { // emphasis * _
             token : "string.emphasis",
-            regex : "([*]|[_](?=\\S))(.*?\\S[*_]*)(\\1)"
+            regex : "(?<=\\s|^)([*_])[^*_]*\\1(?=\\s|$)"
         }, { //
             token : ["text", "url", "text"],
             regex : "(<)("+