bold = {
			name = 'markup.bold.markdown';
			begin = '(?x)
						(\*\*|__)(?=\S)							# Open
						(?=
							(
								[^\<`]							# Ignore html tags and
																# raw states.
							  | <[^>]*?>						# HTML tags
							  | <(?=[^>]*$)						# Open bracket otherwise
							  | ``.*?``							# Raw v1
							  | `([^\\`]|\\.)*?`				# Raw v2
							  | \\`								# Escaped backtick
							)*?
							(?<!
								[^\\]\\							# 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'; },
			);
		};