> Maybe using an unnatural placement of )parentheses( could have worked as a non-conflicting indicator of italics. Using different delimiter for opening and cl

> Maybe using an unnatural placement of )parentheses( could have worked as a non-conflicting indicator of italics. Using different delimiter for opening and closing is a good idea on its own, too. I think it makes parsing simpler and unambiguous wrt nesting. I've imagined something like this: `(monospace) _(underline) /(italics) ~(overstrike) Probably looks a bit more distracting, though.