From fe7ba8e0d47f35c9914391728d576d546669c0a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liudng <liudng@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:40:19 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Embedded in italics must add a space in front of the first
 asterisk and add a space after the second asterisk.

---
 src/showdown.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/showdown.js b/src/showdown.js
index b488bad..c0a531a 100644
--- a/src/showdown.js
+++ b/src/showdown.js
@@ -1133,7 +1133,10 @@ var _DoItalicsAndBold = function(text) {
 	text = text.replace(/(\*\*|__)(?=\S)([^\r]*?\S[*_]*)\1/g,
 		"<strong>$2</strong>");
 
-	text = text.replace(/(\*|_)(?=\S)([^\r]*?\S)\1/g,
+	text = text.replace(/^(\*|_)(?=\S)([^\r]*?\S)\1/g,
+		"<em>$2</em>");
+
+	text = text.replace(/ (\*|_)(?=\S)([^\r]*?\S)\1 /g,
 		"<em>$2</em>");
 
 	return text;