All HTML is auto-escaped. Use Markdown. Examples:

• *emphasis* = emphasis
• **strong** = strong
• [link](http://foo.bar) = <a href="http://foo.bar">link</a>
• `code in backticks` = code in backticks
•     code indented 4 spaces =

  code indented four spaces

• > Angle-brace quoted text =

  Angle-brace quoted text