On 21/11/2021 17:01, Ihor Radchenko wrote: > Max Nikulin writes: > >> My draft version is attached. Ihor, thank you for inspiration. Feel free >> to improve it. I hope, it makes problem more apparent to user who tries >> to customize markers. A patch is attached. I have dropped changes in documentation since I am not the author of them. For init file (entries may be in arbitrary order) (custom-set-variables '(org-emphasis-alist (quote ( ("*" bold) ("_" underline) ("=" org-verbatim verbatim) ("/" italic) ("~" org-code verbatim) ("!" org-todo) ;; does not work ("+" (:strike-through t))))) ) emacs --eval "(customize-variable 'org-emphasis-alist)" looks as the following Hide Org Emphasis Alist: [INS] [DEL] : Marker: [Value Menu] *Bold* Font: [Value Menu] Face: (sample) bold [ ] verbatim [INS] [DEL] : Marker: [Value Menu] _Underline_ Font: [Value Menu] Face: (sample) underline [ ] verbatim [INS] [DEL] : Marker: [Value Menu] =Verbatim= Font: [Value Menu] Face: (sample) org-verbatim [X] verbatim [INS] [DEL] : Marker: [Value Menu] /Italic/ Font: [Value Menu] Face: (sample) italic [ ] verbatim [INS] [DEL] : Marker: [Value Menu] ~Code~ Font: [Value Menu] Face: (sample) org-code [X] verbatim [INS] [DEL] : Marker: [Value Menu] Unsupported ignored character: ! Font: [Value Menu] Face: (sample) org-todo [ ] verbatim [INS] [DEL] : Marker: [Value Menu] +Strike-through+ Font: [Value Menu] Property list: [INS] [DEL] : Key: :strike-through Value: t [INS] [ ] verbatim [INS] [ State ]: SAVED and set.