I've been using <code>&lt;code&gt;</code> in <code>.wiki</code> files, which is
not <em>too</em> much of a pain, unless you have to get a '<code>&;lt</code>' in there.  It's not really verbatim, but usually the effect I'm going for is a
monospaced font.  If an inline verbatim tag would guarantee a best effort to keep
a <b>short</b> phrase all on one line, it would save putting a few
<code>&amp;nbsp;</code> characters.

Don't forget that any sentence that starts "Wouldn't it be convenient if..."
produces an aroma that the horrible <a creatures</a> can smell a continent away.

heh.