[wp-hackers] Shortcodes and formatting

[Aaron D. Campbell]

What if I want [something] in my post or page?  It's not like < and > 
where I can use &lt; and &gt;.  As far as I know, there isn't an entity 
for [ or ], at least not one that browsers render.

Duane Storey wrote:
> Another option would be to have wordpress automatically strip out any
> unhandled short tags as the final step before rendering.  Would lead
> to a performance hit though.
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> Duane
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