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
							  | \[
							        (?<square>					# Named group
										[^\[\]\\]				# Match most chars
							          | \\.						# Escaped chars
							          | \[ \g<square>*+ \]		# Nested brackets
							        )*+
								\]
								[ ]?							# Optional space
								\[[^\]]*+\]						# Ref name
							  | \[(?!(?<square2>[^\[\]\\]|\\.|\[ \g<square2>*+ \])*+\][ ]?\[[^\]]*+\])
							)*?
							(?<!
								[^\\]\\							# 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'; },
			);
		};