* is converted to \* when trying to strip markdown?

[AnderssonPeter]

Initial checklist

• I read the support docs
• I read the contributing guide
• I agree to follow the code of conduct
• I searched issues and couldn’t find anything (or linked relevant results below)

Affected packages and versions

remark: 15.0.1, strip-markdown: 6.0.0

Link to runnable example

No response

Steps to reproduce

Run the following code remark().use(strip).processSync("Testing*").toString().trimEnd()
I'm using Node 20 and npm 10.2.4 and the code was run in Chrome 123.0.6312.107

Expected behavior

the result should be Testing*

Actual behavior

The result is Testing\*

Runtime

Other (please specify in steps to reproduce)

Package manager

Other (please specify in steps to reproduce)

OS

Windows

Build and bundle tools

Vite

[wooorm]

yep, search through closed issues — this package still generates markdown, so that * is escaped. That may or may not be what you want

[AnderssonPeter]

@wooorm i check the issues, but only read the titles, and none of them seemed like the same issue, but i guess i was wrong..
Are there any other things i need to look out for when using the output or is it just that * is escaped?

[wooorm]

See #28 for example.

Yes, every punctuation character that seems to do something in markdown is escaped to prevent it from doing something.

[AnderssonPeter]

Thanks for the response.

[ChristianMurphy]

@ninja7dev please stop adding comments everywhere remotely related to your question.
Open one new discussion, articulate your use case, so the community can offer suggestions.