syohex
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1 year ago https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/448#issuecomment-615576026
Please see the above comment. markdown-mode implements original markdown specification and it says you need to escape underscores in such case. So you need to write like foo\_bar some words baz\_bam or use gfm-mode instead of markdown-mode.
Underscore characters ('_') that occurs inside a word-like string (e.g. foo_bar, foo_bar_baz) is being interpreted as markup, and fontified accordingly. From what I've read, there's no 'standard' behavior for this, i.e. different implementations make different choices. Making this configurable would allow a given user to use their preferred behavior.
Expected Behavior
Underscore characters in the middle of a word treated as literal underscores (i.e., as if '_' was used).
Actual Behavior
A line like foo_bar some words baz_bam gets rendered with italicized text between underscores
Steps to Reproduce
Type the line foo_bar some words baz_bam into a markdown buffer.
Backtrace
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