obsidian: type * for a bullet point, not ** bold

♠ Problem statement : in Obsidian , out-of-the-box, typing * at the start of a new line emits *|* (an empty bold pair, cursor in the middle) instead of starting a bullet point. The culprit is Settings → Editor → Auto pair Markdown syntax . With it on, every * auto-inserts its closing * , so a * followed by a space never gets the chance to become a list marker. In fact, we get a bullet point…