1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/features/messages.js b/src/features/messages.js
index c803d4d..06371cf 100644
--- a/src/features/messages.js
+++ b/src/features/messages.js
@@ -8016,6 +8016,30 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   // `em` is the event's own ["emoji", code, url] map (NIP-30): a :code: it
   // names becomes its picture, any other :code: stays text — a message
   // never borrows pictures from packs the READER happens to hold.
+  // Inline markdown in a post's plain text, the subset people actually type
+  // and Amethyst already shows: **bold** / __bold__, *italic* / _italic_,
+  // ~~struck~~ and `code`. Strict about edges so snake_case, 2*3*4 and a lone
+  // asterisk stay as typed; markers never reach across a link, mention or
+  // hashtag (those are split out first). No headings or lists in posts —
+  // "#" at a line's start is a hashtag here, and articles have their own.
+  const MD_INLINE = /(`[^`\n]+`)|(\*\*\*(?=\S)[^\n]*?\S\*\*\*)|(\*\*(?=\S)[^\n]*?\S\*\*)|((?<![\p{L}\p{N}_])__(?=\S)[^\n]*?\S__(?![\p{L}\p{N}_]))|(~~(?=\S)[^\n]*?\S~~)|((?<![\p{L}\p{N}*])\*(?=[^\s*])[^*\n]*?[^\s*]\*(?![\p{L}\p{N}*]))|((?<![\p{L}\p{N}_])_(?=[^\s_])[^_\n]*?[^\s_]_(?![\p{L}\p{N}_]))/u;
+  function mdInline(str) {
+    const out = [];
+    let rest = String(str);
+    for (let guard = 0; rest && guard < 200; guard++) {
+      const m = MD_INLINE.exec(rest);
+      if (!m) { out.push(rest); break; }
+      if (m.index) out.push(rest.slice(0, m.index));
+      const tok = m[0];
+      if (m[1]) out.push(h('code', { class: 'md-code' }, tok.slice(1, -1)));
+      else if (m[2]) out.push(h('strong', {}, h('em', {}, ...mdInline(tok.slice(3, -3)))));
+      else if (m[3] || m[4]) out.push(h('strong', {}, ...mdInline(tok.slice(2, -2))));
+      else if (m[5]) out.push(h('s', {}, ...mdInline(tok.slice(2, -2))));
+      else out.push(h('em', {}, ...mdInline(tok.slice(1, -1))));
+      rest = rest.slice(m.index + tok.length);
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
   function noteBody(text, depth = 0, em = null) {
     const out = [];
     const emojiAt = em && em.size ? (c) => em.get(c) : null;
@@ -8062,8 +8086,8 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
           onClick: (e) => { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); openTopicFeed(part.slice(1)); },
         }, part));
       } else if (emojiAt && part.includes(':')) {
-        for (const p of splitEmoji(part, emojiAt)) out.push(typeof p === 'string' ? p : emojiImg(p.code, p.url));
-      } else out.push(part);
+        for (const p of splitEmoji(part, emojiAt)) out.push(...(typeof p === 'string' ? mdInline(p) : [emojiImg(p.code, p.url)]));
+      } else out.push(...mdInline(part));
     }
     return out;
   }