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		fragmede 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scripts I wrote that I use all the time use a backslash. \* (had to use a double backslash to render that correctly)

latexr 4 months ago [–]

Or two consecutive asterisks: ** becomes *

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