Using LaTeX asterisk inside markdown

[nopria]

I need to use asterisks (like in \begin{figure*}) within an hybrid markdown environment, how can it be accomplished?

Of course if I place the asterisks as needed by LaTeX, ignoring that I'm inside a markdown environment, they are misinterpreted and I get the error

! Missing \endcsname inserted.

[Witiko]

@nopria In Markdown, asterisks denote emphasis. To prevent this interpretation, you have several options:

1. Escape asterisks that do not denote emphasis: \begin{figure\*}
2. Enable the rawAttribute option and surround TeX code in a raw code span: `\begin{figure}`{=tex}
   Alternatively, you can also enable the fencedCode option and use a raw block:

   ``` {=tex}
   \begin{figure}
   ```

   Unlike hybrid, rawAttribute allows you to cleanly separate TeX and Markdown code.
   If you use TeX sparingly, disabling hybrid and using just rawAttribute will improve readability.