I use ITALICS myself...
I understand. But I haven’t had to type “C:\” since Windows 95. I could do it if I wanted to, but why?
The only time I bother with manually typing html is if I have to, as when I want to embed a graphic. The rest of the time I don’t bother. hence the “—” before and after what I quote.
And it’s why I used the analogy I did.