diff --git a/experiments/outline-editor/editor.css b/experiments/outline-editor/editor.css
index 38e160e..aaa6f27 100755
--- a/experiments/outline-editor/editor.css
+++ b/experiments/outline-editor/editor.css
@@ -350,6 +350,13 @@ editor .outline [tabindex]:focus {
 	/*margin-left: 0;*/
 }
 
+/* code... */
+.editor .outline [tabindex]>span code {
+	padding: 0.1em 0.3em;
+	font-family: monospace;
+	background: rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
+	border-radius: 0.2em;
+}
 
 
 /*********************************************************************/
diff --git a/experiments/outline-editor/editor.js b/experiments/outline-editor/editor.js
index 32ce271..c01085f 100755
--- a/experiments/outline-editor/editor.js
+++ b/experiments/outline-editor/editor.js
@@ -339,9 +339,10 @@ var Outline = {
 			.replace(/(?<!\\)\[[X]\]/gm, 
 				style('check', '<input class="check" type="checkbox" checked>'))
 			// basic styling...
-			.replace(/(?<!\\)\*(?=[^\s*])([^*]*[^\s*])(?<!\\)\*/gm, '<b>$1</b>')
-			.replace(/(?<!\\)~(?=[^\s~])([^~]*[^\s~])(?<!\\)~/gm, '<s>$1</s>')
-			.replace(/(?<!\\)_(?=[^\s_])([^_]*[^\s_])(?<!\\)_/gm, '<i>$1</i>') 
+			.replace(/(?<!\\)\*(?=[^\s*])(([^*]|\\\*)*[^\s*])(?<!\\)\*/gm, '<b>$1</b>')
+			.replace(/(?<!\\)~(?=[^\s~])(([^~]|\\~)*[^\s~])(?<!\\)~/gm, '<s>$1</s>')
+			.replace(/(?<!\\)_(?=[^\s_])(([^_]|\\_)*[^\s_])(?<!\\)_/gm, '<i>$1</i>') 
+			.replace(/(?<!\\)`(?=[^\s_])(([^`]|\\`)*[^\s_])(?<!\\)`/gm, '<code>$1</code>') 
 			// quoting...
 			.replace(/(?<!\\)\\(.)/gm, '$1') 
 		return elem },
diff --git a/experiments/outline-editor/index.html b/experiments/outline-editor/index.html
index 77eeedc..ba03379 100755
--- a/experiments/outline-editor/index.html
+++ b/experiments/outline-editor/index.html
@@ -36,20 +36,29 @@ var setup = function(){
 	- Bonsai
   - 
 - ## ToDo
-  - shifting nodes up/down
-  - need to reach checkboxes from keyboard
-  - editor: bksapce/del at start/end of a block should join it with prev/next
-  - editor: pressing enter in text edit mode should split text into two blocks
+  - ASAP: editor: bksapce/del at start/end of a block should join it with prev/next
+  - ASAP: editor: pressing enter in text edit mode should split text into two blocks
+  - ASAP: editor: shifting nodes up/down
+  - ASAP: editor: `-` at start of line is interpreted as block marker...
   - editor: caret
     - ~go to next/prev element's start/end when moving off last/first char~
     - handle up/down on wrapped blocks
       _...can't seem to get caret line in a non-hacky way_
-  - editor: semi-live update styles
+  - ~editor: semi-live update styles~
+  - need to reach checkboxes via keyboard
   - persistent empty first/last node (a button to create a new node)
-  - add completion percentage to blocks with todo's nested
-    either by default oron '%%' or '[%]' placeholder
-	...ratio between all nested open checkboxes to checked (???)
+  - add completion percentage to blocks with todo's nested:
+    - `[%]`, `%%`, or something similar...
   - read-only mode
+  - should bulets be on the same level as nodes or offset??
+    - A) justified to bulet:
+         * list item
+         * list item
+         block text
+    - B) justified to text _(current)_:
+         * list item
+         * list item
+           block text
   - ~do a better expand/collapse icons~
   - ~loading from DOM -- fill textarea~
   - ~focus management~