gjtorikian / markdowntutorial.com

Lessons to help guide new writers into Markdown!
http://www.markdowntutorial.com
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Does not teach that * and _ are interchargeable #33

Closed Kwpolska closed 10 years ago

Kwpolska commented 10 years ago

*italic* = _italic_ **bold** = __bold__ __*both*__ = *__both__* = _**both**_ = **_both_** = ***both*** = ___both___

gjtorikian commented 10 years ago

While I agree, it's intentional. I want to emphasize the absolute basics here. I think it's very confusing that Markdown uses two interchangeable symbols for emphasis.