{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/hubot/issues/1053","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/hubot/issues/1053/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/hubot/issues/1053/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/hubot/issues/1053/events","html_url":"https://github.com/github/hubot/issues/1053","id":107226332,"number":1053,"title":"Strip formatting from messages?","user":{"login":"callumacrae","id":472830,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/472830?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae","html_url":"https://github.com/callumacrae","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/callumacrae/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-09-18T15:41:31Z","updated_at":"2015-09-18T15:41:31Z","closed_at":null,"body":"We have a script which starts like this:\r\n\r\n```coffeescript\r\nrobot.hear /some sentence here/i, (msg) ->\r\n```\r\n\r\nHowever, it doesn't hear it if the words are formatted at all, e.g. \"some _sentence_ here\".\r\n\r\nWould it be possible / desired to remove formatting from messages before parsing them?"}}