Good post. I've gone back to pure html as Markdown and HTML do some weird things together that annoyed me. I haven't tried it but assume "table" will work too.
Also having () for italics is annoying for anyone writing maths who wishes to express 3x4 as 34=12. See!
Danke!
Ye, in some cases they work, and in some they don't. They really have a mind of their own.