<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: &gt;</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: \_

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