\]</code></p>

<p>Left paren: <code>\(</code></p>

<p>Right paren: <code>\)</code></p>

<p>Greater-than: <code>\&gt;</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>


<p>These should get escaped, even though they're matching pairs for
other Markdown constructs:</p>

<p>*asterisks*</p>

<p>_underscores_</p>

<p>`backticks`</p>

<p>This is a code span with a literal backslash-backtick sequence: 