Bold text with percentage symbol failed to render

[chenyhsu]

Is this a hackmd.io issue?

• Yes, the bug happens on https://hackmd.io
• No. If it's a self-hosted CodiMD instance, please fire up the issue in the repo of CodiMD: https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd

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What's the problem

Current behaviour

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Provide steps to reproduce:

1. Go to 'hackmd.io/new' to create new note
2. Type some text with '%' symbol
3. Bold text '**60%**text'
4. See unexpected behavior: The bold mark ** seems not parsed correctly. ** showed in preview, and in editor the text not get bolded too.

note link / minimal reproducible example: https://hackmd.io/@ChenyHsu/ryoziO-Wee

Expected behaviour

The text quoted with ** should rendered as bold.

Environment

I use HackMD on:

Desktop

• OS: Arch Linux x86_64
• Browser: firefox
• Browser Version: 138.0.1
  • native: not flatpak or snap

Additional information

KDE kate text editor works for such case: