From 57361f8c550b03d5baaa7097835b98ee10c2d4be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: evilchili <evilchili@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:45:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] wip

---
 src/ts/ribbit-editor.ts | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ts/ribbit-editor.ts b/src/ts/ribbit-editor.ts
index 428f1e1..0519a1a 100644
--- a/src/ts/ribbit-editor.ts
+++ b/src/ts/ribbit-editor.ts
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ export class RibbitEditor extends Ribbit {
     }
 
     #parseInline(text: string): DocumentFragment {
+        var t = text;
         text = disambiguateAsteriskRuns(text);
-
         const classes: Record<string, string> = {
             '**':  'md-bold',
             '*':   'md-italic',
@@ -450,10 +450,18 @@ export class RibbitEditor extends Ribbit {
             '`':   'md-code',
         };
 
+        // ***bold italic***
+        // ***italic* bold**
+        // **bold *italic***
+        // ***bold** italic* x
+        // *italic **bold*** x
+
         const INLINE_PATTERN = new RegExp(
            '\\[(?<linkLabel>[^\\]]+)\\]\\((?<linkHref>[^)]+)\\)' +
             '|' +
-            '(?<delimiter>\\*{3}|\\*{2}|\\*|~~|`)(?<content>.+)(?<closer>\\k<delimiter>(?!\\*))',
+            '(?<delimiter>\\*{2}|\\*|~~|`)' +
+            '(?<content>[^*].+?)' +
+            '(?<closer>\\k<delimiter>(?!\\*))',
             'g'
         );
 
@@ -462,7 +470,7 @@ export class RibbitEditor extends Ribbit {
         let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
 
         while ((match = INLINE_PATTERN.exec(text)) !== null) {
-            console.log(match, match.index, lastIndex);
+            console.log(`DELIM: ${match.groups!.delimiter} CONTENT: ${match.groups!.content} CLOSER: ${match.groups!.closer}`);
             if (match.index > lastIndex) {
                 fragment.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text.slice(lastIndex, match.index)));
             }
@@ -475,6 +483,7 @@ export class RibbitEditor extends Ribbit {
             fragment.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text.slice(lastIndex)));
         }
 
+        console.log(`'${t}' => '${text.replace('\u200C', '|')}`, fragment.children);
         return fragment;
     }
 
@@ -821,9 +830,7 @@ export class RibbitEditor extends Ribbit {
     }
 
     #blockToMarkdown(block: HTMLElement): string {
-        console.log(block);
         if (!block.textContent!.trim() && block.querySelector('br')) {
-            console.log(`'${block.textContent}' appears empty, so returning empty string`);
             return '';
         }
         if (block.dataset.macro) {