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Is there a HTML/CSS way to display HTML tags without parsing?
//This used to NOT PARSE HTML even if you used standard < and >.
<XMP>
<a hred="http://example.com">Link</a>
</XMP>

//New PRE tag requires < and > as replacement for < and >.
<PRE>
&#60;a href="http://example.com"&#62;Link&#60;/A&#62;
</PRE>

<div id="text">
    <a href="">This is an anchor</a>
</div>

<script>
    var t = $('#text'); t.html(t.text());
</script>

<style>
script {
  display: block;
}
</style>
Then within document body:
<script type="text/plain">
<i>&eacute;</i>
</script>