Title: Code spans SeeAlso: - docs.syntax.codeblocks --- You have probably already noticed some `fixed width text on a yellow background` inserted directly in the text. It is produced with backtick quotes `` ` `` wrapped around a text we wish to format: Use the `print()` function to display some text. > Use the `print()` function to display some text. The formatted text can be surrounded with double backtick quotes, if it already contains such characters, to create the same effect: `` This text contains a backtick quote (`) inside `` > `` This text contains a backtick quote (`) inside `` If the quote is located at the beginning or end of the span, it can be separated with a single space that will not be displayed: ~~~ A single quote: `` ` `` A text in backtick quotes: `` `something` `` ~~~ > A single quote: `` ` `` > A text in backtick quotes: `` `something` `` > [information] > The symbols `<`, `>` and `&` are always escaped inside the code span. The HTML tags are nod parsed then. > > ##### Text: > > Never use `` tag. > > ##### Will produce: > > > Never use `` tag.