asterisks as bold or italic?

[Jason Clark]

On Mar 15, 2004, at 8:10 PM, Merlin Mann wrote:

>> From the syntax guide:
>
>> Markdown treats asterisks (*) and underscores (_) as indicators
>> of emphasis. Text wrapped with one * or _ will be wrapped with an
>> HTML <em> tag; double *’s or _’s will be wrapped with an HTML 
>> <strong> tag.
>
> It's probably late in the game for a syntax suggestion, but I'm having 
> a
> hard time getting used to "*foo*" making text <em> instead of <strong>.
<snip>
> If it's just my own peculiar habit, I can certainly un-learn it, but 
> I'm
> curious if anyone else had this experience when using Markdown.
>

+1.  I'm of the same opinion; *bold* but _italics_.  Admitedly, this 
has been reinforced by using Textile for the last 6 months, but I do 
think it's more intuitive.  Not a make-or-break issue, however.