I seem to recall that there is an HTML tag that escapes absolutely everything inside it except the matching closing tag. Kind of like <plaintext> but not fundamentally broken.
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<xmp> is the tag you are looking for:
<xmp>some stuff <tags></tags> too</xmp>
But, since it's depricated, the best you can get is <pre>.
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Sweet! I've been wanting a tag like this! – Lawrence Dol Dec 17 '08 at 04:43
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1is deprecated -- it should not be used. See http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/_XMP.html. – Ken Paul Dec 17 '08 at 05:29
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You need to use <pre><code> ... </code></pre>.
<xmp> is deprecated and should not be used. See http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/_XMP.html.
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Ditto Mohit. just tested that with a html document in side
– BCS Dec 17 '08 at 07:59, FF2 gave a blank screen -
http://www.htmlref.com/Reference/AppA/tag_xmp.htm seems that it works most places (and what better can you get with HTML anyway?) – BCS Dec 17 '08 at 08:00
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There is also the XML CDATA:
<![CDATA[stuff that is <tag>never</tag> parsed]]>
Whether this works in an HTML document is probably up to the browser. However, it should certainly work in an XHTML document.
Greg Hewgill
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