[Doxygen-users] problem with backslash in markdown

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    Hi all,<br>
    <br>
    I am having an issue with backslash in markdown file which I am
    starting to wonder if is a bug. My README.md which I want to include
    as front page looks like this (simplified to make it clear):<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite"># MyCode Version 1.0.0<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      ## INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS<br>
      <br>
      The compiling is based on CMake. To build the executables, run<br>
      ```<br>
      mkdir build<br>
      cd build<br>
      cmake ..<br>
      make<br>
      ```<br>
      <br>
      ## EXAMPLES<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      Run examples by typing:<br>
      ```<br>
      build\mycode examples\example1.in<br>
      ```<br>
      and<br>
      ```<br>
      build\mycode examples\example2.in<br>
      ```<br>
      <br>
      Some other information...</blockquote>
    <br>
    The trouble here I suspect, is that \example &lt;file&gt; is a <a
href="http://www.stack.nl/%7Edimitri/doxygen/manual/commands.html#cmdexample">command
      in Doxygen</a>. Doxygen thinks I want to include files 1.in and
    2.in as examples (?). I should escape this by using \\ if I
    understand correctly. This does work in markdown if I do it outside
    the 'code-block', but inside the code block I then see two backslash
    also in the generated output. I tried to find a way to globally
    ignore backslash in doxygen (and only rely on @), but I could not
    find that.<br>
    <br>
    Could someone perhaps help me explain what I do wrong?<br>
    <br>
    Cheers,<br>
    Yngve<br>
    <br>
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