(Admission, just wanted an excuse to do unspeakable things to markdown)

<pre> ' OH HARK, A SINGLE QUOTE? </pre> 

Like that

<pre> " DOUBLE QUOTES TOO! </pre>

<pre> ` OR EVEN A BACKTICK! </pre>

You cannot however...

<pre> <pre> wrap pre tags in pre tags </pre></pre>

But everything else is fair game.


<pre>
Just to make sure
This works 
With multiple lines
</pre>

pre tags seem un-wrappable, alas, so you will have to check the edit history, or pretend to edit this to see my markdown.