bold = {
			name = 'markup.bold.markdown';
			begin = '(?x)
						(\*\*|__)(?=\S)								# Open
						(?=
							(
								[^\<`\[\\]							# Ignore html tags and
																	# raw states.
							  | <[^>]*+>							# HTML tags
							  | <(?=[^>\n]*+$)						# Open bracket otherwise
							  | ``([^`]|`(?!`))*+``					# Raw v1
							  | `([^\\`]|\\.)*+`					# Raw v2
							  | \\`									# Escaped backtick
							  | \[
								(?<link>
								        (?<square>					# Named group
											[^\[\]\\]				# Match most chars
								          | \\.						# Escaped chars
								          | \[ \g<square>*+ \]		# Nested brackets
								        )*+
									\]
									(
										(							# Reference Link
											[ ]?					# Optional space
											\[[^\]]*+\]				# Ref name
										)
									  | (							# Inline Link
											\(						# Opening paren
												[ \t]*+				# Optional whtiespace
												<?(.*?)>?			# URL
												[ \t]*+				# Optional whtiespace
												(					# Optional Title
													(?<title>[''"])
													(.*?)
													\k<title>
												)?
											\)
										)
									)
								)
							  | \[(?!\g<link>)
							)*?
							(?<!
								[^\\]\\							# Crazy check for
							  | [^\\]\\\\\\						# escapes before the
							  | [^\\]\\\\\\\\\\					# end condition.
							)
							(?<=\S)\1							# Close
						)
					';
			end = '(?<=\S)\1';
			patterns = (
				{	begin = '(?=<[^>]*?>)';
					end = '(?<=>)';
					patterns = (
						{	include = 'text.html.basic'; },
					);
				},
				{	name = 'markup.italic.markdown';
					comment = 'Match simple italics for speed';
					match = '(\*|_)(?=\S)[-a-zA-Z0-9. ]+?(?<=\S)\1';
				},
				{	include = '#escape'; },
				{	include = '#ampersand'; },
				{	include = '#raw'; },
				{	include = '#italic'; },
				{	include = '#image-inline'; },
				{	include = '#link-inline'; },
				{	include = '#link-inet'; },
				{	include = '#link-email'; },
				{	include = '#image-ref'; },
				{	include = '#link-ref-literal'; },
				{	include = '#link-ref'; },
			);
		};