Over-aggressive Autoclosing (back ticks, asterisks, quotes)

[jstobin]

Current behavior

If trying to create a bulleted list the current behavior always enters two asterisks, when trying to close a code block or edit back ticks it aggressively adds 6 back ticks. I believe other characters are impacted but asterisks and back ticks are two I hit many times daily.

This enhancement may be related:
#1428

Expected behavior

Smarter detection autoclosing. Not exactly sure how to resolve but some ideas:

• Detect if closing an open block (quotes seem to behave correctly)
• When typing an asterisk, detect if the first character is a space (indicating a list) and remove the extra asterisk

Steps to reproduce

Asterisks

1. Open editor
2. Try and make a bullet list
3. Note the extra asterisk

Back Ticks

1. Open a file with existing (```) code blocks.
2. Try and edit either end of the code blocks.
3. Get buried in back ticks.

Environment

• Version : 0.11.8
• OS Version and name : macOS High Sierra

[ybc37]

👍 #2249 is also related to that.

[ZeroX-DG]

You can now customize this by removing the ** from setting.