How to stop wordpress mangling R syntax ‘

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Solved it. A real RTFM moment.

The FAQ for CodeColorer makes a note about this (though it’s not mentioned in the main how-to text).

Using the escaped = "true" code in the [cc] tag brings back the behaviour I was looking for – now it’s possible to write the <- operator in Visual (and it becomes &lt in HTML), but the published post displays <- correctly.

Thus, entering this in the visual editor:

[cc escaped="true"]
lorum <- ipsum
[/cc]

Produces, in the published post:

lorum <- ipsum

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