How do I correctly display backticks

[justin.m.thomsen]

I am copying some text from the web that has backticks. It isn’t code but is being formatted as a code block. I’ve tried using double and triple backticks, as well as the \ character, but so far, no dice. Is there any way to escape the backtick?

[sambouwer]

See here

Ability to prevent markdown symbols from changing formatting

Hello! The Problem Currently, there is no way to prevent/escape text being recognized as markdown, and having its formatting respectively changed. If, for example, the user would like a block of text to begin with “#,” it will automatically be converted into a heading. The Solution Ideal solutions: Have an escape character (e.g. \), that, when placed before a string of text (e.g. beginning with ** or #), will ensure that proceeding text does not have its formatting changed. When text has …

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