Variable: org-emph-re

org-emph-re is a variable defined in org.el.gz.

Value

"\\([-[:space:]('\"{]\\|^\\)\\(\\([*/_+]\\)\\([^[:space:]]\\|[^[:space:]].*?\\(?:\n.*?\\)\\{0,1\\}[^[:space:]]\\)\\3\\)\\([-[:space:].,:!?;'\")}\\[]\\|$\\)"

Documentation

Regular expression for matching emphasis.

After a match, the match groups contain these elements:
0 The match of the full regular expression, including the characters
   before and after the proper match
1 The character before the proper match, or empty at beginning of line
2 The proper match, including the leading and trailing markers
3 The leading marker like * or /, indicating the type of highlighting
4 The text between the emphasis markers, not including the markers
5 The character after the match, empty at the end of a line

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/org/org.el.gz
(defvar org-emph-re nil
  "Regular expression for matching emphasis.
After a match, the match groups contain these elements:
0  The match of the full regular expression, including the characters
   before and after the proper match
1  The character before the proper match, or empty at beginning of line
2  The proper match, including the leading and trailing markers
3  The leading marker like * or /, indicating the type of highlighting
4  The text between the emphasis markers, not including the markers
5  The character after the match, empty at the end of a line")