bold = {
			name = 'markup.bold.markdown';
			begin = '(\*\*|__)(?=\S)(?=(.+?[*_]*)(?<![^\\]\\|[^\\]\\\\\\|[^\\]\\\\\\\\\\)(?<=\S)\1)';
			end = '(?<=\S)\1';
			patterns = (
				{	begin = '(?=<[^>]*?>)';
					end = '';
					applyEndPatternLast = '1';
					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 = '#line-break'; },
				{	include = '#image-inline'; },
				{	include = '#link-inline'; },
				{	include = '#link-inet'; },
				{	include = '#link-email'; },
				{	include = '#image-ref'; },
				{	include = '#link-ref-literal'; },
				{	include = '#link-ref'; },
			);
		};
		italic = {
			name = 'markup.italic.markdown';
			begin = '(\*|_)(?=\S)(?=(.+?[*_]*)(?<![^\\]\\|[^\\]\\\\\\|[^\\]\\\\\\\\\\)(?<=\S)\1)';
			end = '(?<=\S)\1';
			patterns = (
				{	begin = '(?=<[^>]*?>)';
					end = '';
					applyEndPatternLast = '1';
					patterns = (
						{	include = 'text.html.basic'; },
					);
				},
				{	name = 'markup.bold.markdown';
					comment = 'Match simple bolds for speed';
					match = '(\*\*|__)(?=\S)[a-zA-Z0-9-. ]+?(?<=\S)\1';
				},
				{	include = '#escape'; },
				{	include = '#ampersand'; },
				{	include = '#raw'; },
				{	include = '#bold'; },
				{	include = '#line-break'; },
				{	include = '#image-inline'; },
				{	include = '#link-inline'; },
				{	include = '#link-inet'; },
				{	include = '#link-email'; },
				{	include = '#image-ref'; },
				{	include = '#link-ref-literal'; },
				{	include = '#link-ref'; },
			);
		};