Add support for _italics_ using underscores to the Markdown parser #25564
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Julia's base Markdown parser currently parses
*italics*
but not_italics_
.This pull request adds support for italics via underscores, as used on GitHub, Discourse, and Slack as specified in the original Markdown spec. Asterisks also continue to work.
Thanks to @c42f for help with this PR!