markdown-it-ib

A markdown-it plugin to use * for <i> and ** for <b> in your Markdown documents, along with the conventional _ for <em> and __ for <strong>.

Example input:

*A* **B** _C_ __D__

Output:

<p><i>A</i> <b>B</b> <em>C</em> <strong>D</strong></p>

Install

npm install markdown-it-ib

Usage

import markdownIt from 'markdown-it';
import markdownItIB from 'markdown-it-ib';
// OR
const markdownIt = require('markdown-it');
const markdownItIB = require('markdown-it-ib');

const md = markdownIt()
	.use(markdownItIB);

const output = md.render('*A* **B** _C_ __D__');
console.log(output);

See also

• You’re using <em> wrong by Facundo Corradini