add escaping of asterisks and option to disable it

closes #62
2022-04-13 20:04:12 +02:00
parent 423b7e948c
commit b589863715
3 changed files with 20 additions and 9 deletions
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ code_language
  should be annotated with `````python`` or similar.
  Defaults to ``''`` (empty string) and can be any string.

+escape_asterisks
+  If set to ``False``, do not escape ``*`` to ``\*`` in text.
+  Defaults to ``True``.
+
 escape_underscores
  If set to ``False``, do not escape ``_`` to ``\_`` in text.
  Defaults to ``True``.