Sometimes the less than and greater than keys are important, especially in gaming. Unfortunately markdown doesn't seem to agree. It renders the code <kbd><</kbd>
as just <. When it's formatting properly it renders like so: a. See "Building a stairwell down multiple levels" for a real example.
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You have to use the HTML encoded version, since that's the beginning and ending of a HTML tag, and we support (whitelisted) HTML in posts per https://meta.stackoverflow.com/editing-help
Like so:
>
<
<kbd>></kbd>
<kbd><</kbd>
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That doesn't work either, at least on my gaming post. It still shows up as a
<
without the key formatting.– C. RossJul 10, 2010 at 11:01 -
@c.ross you had spelling errors in your tags. It is correct and it does work. Jul 10, 2010 at 14:30
<
and>
. Preview shows the same. Sorry you're not in gaming.