"" as in
- l'''italic''bold
- l'''italic''bold
? "" escaping is used a lot elsewhere and "" would be the first char that springs to my mind.
That's too tech-savy. The aim of wikisyntax is to be easy to understand - we can't ask people to put a \ before ' or surround it by <nowiki></nowiki>. I don't mind a slightly more complex syntax for tables, templates & such, "advanced" behaviour. But for your daily usage (and ' is used often at least in french), something quite simple to use is imo waaaaaaay better.
Best wishes,
Tels
Regards Nicolas Weeger