The second problem could be solved by switching to MarkDown syntax which already has mechanisms for escaping user input (e.g. autoescaping of & chars or by putting a backslash in front of an asterisk) (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/495898).
The second problem could be solved by switching to MarkDown syntax which already has mechanisms for escaping user input (e.g. autoescaping of & chars or by putting a backslash in front of an asterisk) (see https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/zim/ +bug/495898).