@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@
 			</context>
 
 			<context name='span-cue' attribute='Span Cue' lineEndContext='#pop' fallthroughContext="error">
 				<StringDetect attribute='Span Cue' String='`\' context='#pop!flat-span' />
+				<StringDetect attribute='Span Cue' String='\\' context='#pop!flat-span' />
 
 				<DetectChar   attribute='Span Cue' char='!' context='#pop!span-emph' />
 				<DetectChar   attribute='Span Cue' char='*' context='#pop!span-strong' />
 				<DetectChar   attribute='Span Cue' char='~' context='#pop!span-del' />
@@ -132,8 +133,9 @@
 				<DetectChar   attribute='Directive Cue' char='%' context='#pop!inline-directive' />
 			</context>
 
 			<context name='flat-span' attribute='Unstyled Text' lineEndContext='#pop'>
+				<DetectChar attribute='Unstyled Text' context='flat-span' char='['/>
 				<Detect2Chars attribute='Escaped Char' context='#stay' char='\' char1=']'/>
 				<DetectChar attribute='Span Delimiter' context='#pop' char=']'/>
 			</context>