in renderer/asciidoctor.go [169:183]
func escapeFirstAsterixInEachPair(text string) string {
index := -1
for i := 0; i < len(text); i++ {
if text[i] == '*' {
if index >= 0 {
text = text[:index] + "\\" + text[index:]
index = -1
i++
} else {
index = i
}
}
}
return text
}