fix: markdown * parsing

Author: laszlocph

docs/docs/markdown/filters-and-views.md

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ In the self-hosted version you can configure the system views by setting the `SY
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 The JSON structure is an object with key value pairs.
-- The keys are context names, therefore you can have different presets per environment. - The context names accept wildcards. ` * ` is a catch-all rule and `dev4` matches one cluster, while `dev*` matches all cluster names starting with dev.
+- The keys are context names, therefore you can have different presets per environment. - The context names accept wildcards. `*` is a catch-all rule and `dev4` matches one cluster, while `dev*` matches all cluster names starting with dev.
 - The values of the key-value pairs are arrays of views.
 - A view has an id and a label and an array of filtes.
 - The best way to create the views array is to copy views from the browser local storage. Define a custom view on the UI, then copy the JSON from the local storage with the browser developer toolbar.

docs/product.js

@@ -166,9 +166,16 @@
           return '<a class="dim" href="' + urlEsc + '" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">' + text + '</a>';
         });
         // Basic emphasis: *text* → <em>text</em>
-        const withEmphasis = withLinks.replace(/\*([^*]+)\*/g, (_m, em) => {
-          return '<em>' + em + '</em>';
-        });
+        //
+        // Be conservative: only treat asterisks as emphasis markers when they are
+        // surrounded by whitespace/punctuation. This avoids "eating" wildcard
+        // asterisks like `"*": []` or `dev*` by accidentally matching across a line.
+        const withEmphasis = withLinks.replace(
+          /(^|[\s(])\*([^\s*](?:[^*]*?[^\s*])?)\*(?=[\s).,!?:;]|$)/g,
+          (_m, prefix, em) => {
+            return prefix + '<em>' + em + '</em>';
+          }
+        );
         const withCode = withEmphasis.replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, (_m, code) => {
           // Inline code: use break-all so the code wraps mid-word rather than
           // being pushed to a new line as a whole unit.