<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (vers 1 September 2005), see www.w3.org"> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>These should all get escaped:</p> <p>Backslash: \</p> <p>Backtick: `</p> <p>Asterisk: *</p> <p>Underscore: _</p> <p>Left brace: {</p> <p>Right brace: }</p> <p>Left bracket: [</p> <p>Right bracket: ]</p> <p>Left paren: (</p> <p>Right paren: )</p> <p>Greater-than: ></p> <p>Hash: #</p> <p>Period: .</p> <p>Bang: !</p> <p>Plus: +</p> <p>Minus: -</p> <p>These should not, because they occur within a code block:</p> <pre> <code>Backslash: \ Backtick: \` Asterisk: \* Underscore: \_ Left brace: \{ Right brace: \} Left bracket: \[ Right bracket: \] Left paren: \( Right paren: \) Greater-than: \> Hash: \# Period: \. Bang: \! Plus: \+ Minus: \- </code> </pre> <p>Nor should these, which occur in code spans:</p> <p>Backslash: <code>\</code></p> <p>Backtick: <code>\`</code></p> <p>Asterisk: <code>\*</code></p> <p>Underscore: <code>\_</code></p> <p>Left brace: <code>\{</code></p> <p>Right brace: <code>\}</code></p> <p>Left bracket: <code>\[</code></p> <p>Right bracket: <code>\]</code></p> <p>Left paren: <code>\(</code></p> <p>Right paren: <code>\)</code></p> <p>Greater-than: <code>\></code></p> <p>Hash: <code>\#</code></p> <p>Period: <code>\.</code></p> <p>Bang: <code>\!</code></p> <p>Plus: <code>\+</code></p> <p>Minus: <code>\-</code></p> </body> </html>