Replace <i>italic</i> tags with _italic_ underscores

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ftplugin/hackernews.py b/ftplugin/hackernews.py
index 26cfa62..1fc205c 100644
--- a/ftplugin/hackernews.py
+++ b/ftplugin/hackernews.py
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ def print_content(content):
         if not p:
             continue
         p = html.unescape(p)
+        p = p.replace("<i>", "_").replace("</i>", "_")
 
         # Convert <a href="http://url/">Text</a> tags
         # to markdown equivalent: (Text)[http://url/]
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ def print_comments(comments, level=0):
             if not p:
                 continue
             p = html.unescape(p)
+            p = p.replace("<i>", "_").replace("</i>", "_")
 
             # Extract code block before textwrap to conserve whitespace
             code = None
diff --git a/syntax/hackernews.vim b/syntax/hackernews.vim
index 818421c..7e9d7ca 100644
--- a/syntax/hackernews.vim
+++ b/syntax/hackernews.vim
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ syn match Comment /^\s*Comment\sby.\+ago:$/ contains=Question
 syn region Constant start="\[http" end="\]"
 
 " Italics <i> tags
-syn region Italics start="<i>" end="</i>"
+syn match Italics /\v<_\_.{-}_>/
 highlight Italics gui=italic
 
 " Highlight code blocks