preserve  , ­

[nschloe]

Right now, all ampersand-HTML characters are supported except

•   (converted to breaking space, > <)
• ­ (not displayed at all, >­<)

I'd like to see those supported as well.

Here's an incomplete list:

Entity	Character	Description
&	&	Ampersand
&lt;	<	Less than
&gt;	>	Greater than
&quot;	"	Double quote
&apos;	'	Single quote (apostrophe)
&nbsp;		Non-breaking space
&iexcl;	¡	Inverted exclamation mark
&cent;	¢	Cent sign
&pound;	£	Pound sign
&curren;	¤	Currency sign
&yen;	¥	Yen sign
&euro;	€	Euro sign
&brvbar;	¦	Broken vertical bar (pipe)
&sect;	§	Section sign
&uml;	¨	Diaeresis (umlaut)
&copy;	©	Copyright sign
&reg;	®	Registered trademark sign
&trade;	™	Trademark sign
&iquest;	¿	Inverted question mark
&shy;	­	Soft hyphen
&Agrave;	À	Capital A with grave accent
&Aacute;	Á	Capital A with acute accent
&Acirc;	Â	Capital A with circumflex accent
&Atilde;	Ã	Capital A with tilde
&Auml;	Ä	Capital A with diaeresis (umlaut)
&Aring;	Å	Capital A with ring above
&AElig;	Æ	Capital AE diphthong (ligature)
&Ccedil;	Ç	Capital C with cedilla
&Egrave;	È	Capital E with grave accent
&Eacute;	É	Capital E with acute accent
&Ecirc;	Ê	Capital E with circumflex accent
&Euml;	Ë	Capital E with diaeresis (umlaut)
&Igrave;	Ì	Capital I with grave accent
&Iacute;	Í	Capital I with acute accent
&Icirc;	Î	Capital I with circumflex accent
&Iuml;	Ï	Capital I with diaeresis (umlaut)
&ETH;	Ð	Capital Eth (Icelandic)
&Ntilde;	Ñ	Capital N with tilde
&Ograve;	Ò	Capital O with grave accent
&Oacute;	Ó	Capital O with acute accent
&Ocirc;	Ô	Capital O with circumflex accent
&Otilde;	Õ	Capital O with tilde
&Ouml;	Ö	Capital O with diaeresis (umlaut)
&times;	×	Multiplication sign
&Oslash;	Ø	Capital O with stroke (slash)
&Ugrave;	Ù	Capital U with grave accent
&Uacute;	Ú	Capital U with acute accent
&Ucirc;	Û	Capital U with circumflex accent
&Uuml;	Ü	Capital U with diaeresis (umlaut)
&Yacute;	Ý	Capital Y with acute accent
&THORN;	Þ	Capital Thorn (Icelandic)
&szlig;	ß	Small sharp s (German)
&agrave;	à	Small a with grave accent
&aacute;	á	Small a with acute accent
&acirc;	â	Small a with circumflex accent
&atilde;	ã	Small a with tilde
&auml;	ä	Small a with diaeresis (umlaut)
&aring;	å	Small a with ring above
&aelig;	æ	Small ae diphthong (ligature)
&ccedil;	ç	Small c with cedilla
&egrave;	è	Small e with grave accent
&eacute;	é	Small e with acute accent
&ecirc;	ê	Small e with circumflex accent
&euml;	ë	Small e with diaeresis (umlaut)
&igrave;	ì	Small i with grave accent
&iacute;	í	Small i with acute accent
&icirc;	î	Small i with circumflex accent
&iuml;	ï	Small i with diaeresis (umlaut)
&eth;	ð	Small eth (Icelandic)
&ntilde;	ñ	Small n with tilde
&ograve;	ò	Small o with grave accent
&oacute;	ó	Small o with acute accent
&ocirc;	ô	Small o with circumflex accent
&otilde;	õ	Small o with tilde
&ouml;	ö	Small o with diaeresis (umlaut)
&divide;	÷	Division sign
&oslash;	ø	Small o with stroke (slash)
&ugrave;	ù	Small u with grave accent
&uacute;	ú	Small u with acute accent
&ucirc;	û	Small u with circumflex accent
&uuml;	ü	Small u with diaeresis (umlaut)
&yacute;	ý	Small y with acute accent
&thorn;	þ	Small thorn (Icelandic)
&yuml;	ÿ	Small y with diaeresis (umlaut)
&Alpha;	Α	Greek capital letter Alpha
&Beta;	Β	Greek capital letter Beta
&Gamma;	Γ	Greek capital letter Gamma
&Delta;	Δ	Greek capital letter Delta
&Epsilon;	Ε	Greek capital letter Epsilon
&Zeta;	Ζ	Greek capital letter Zeta
&Eta;	Η	Greek capital letter Eta
&Theta;	Θ	Greek capital letter Theta
&Iota;	Ι	Greek capital letter Iota
&Kappa;	Κ	Greek capital letter Kappa
&Lambda;	Λ	Greek capital letter Lambda
&Mu;	Μ	Greek capital letter Mu
&Nu;	Ν	Greek capital letter Nu
&Xi;	Ξ	Greek capital letter Xi
&Omicron;	Ο	Greek capital letter Omicron
&Pi;	Π	Greek capital letter Pi
&Rho;	Ρ	Greek capital letter Rho
&Sigma;	Σ	Greek capital letter Sigma
&Tau;	Τ	Greek capital letter Tau
&Upsilon;	Υ	Greek capital letter Upsilon
&Phi;	Φ	Greek capital letter Phi
&Chi;	Χ	Greek capital letter Chi
&Psi;	Ψ	Greek capital letter Psi
&Omega;	Ω	Greek capital letter Omega
&alpha;	α	Greek small letter alpha
&beta;	β	Greek small letter beta
&gamma;	γ	Greek small letter gamma
&delta;	δ	Greek small letter delta
&epsilon;	ε	Greek small letter epsilon
&zeta;	ζ	Greek small letter zeta
&eta;	η	Greek small letter eta
&theta;	θ	Greek small letter theta
&iota;	ι	Greek small letter iota
&kappa;	κ	Greek small letter kappa
&lambda;	λ	Greek small letter lambda
&mu;	μ	Greek small letter mu
&nu;	ν	Greek small letter nu
&xi;	ξ	Greek small letter xi
&omicron;	ο	Greek small letter omicron
&pi;	π	Greek small letter pi
&rho;	ρ	Greek small letter rho
&sigma;	σ	Greek small letter sigma
&tau;	τ	Greek small letter tau
&upsilon;	υ	Greek small letter upsilon
&phi;	φ	Greek small letter phi
&chi;	χ	Greek small letter chi
&psi;	ψ	Greek small letter psi
&omega;	ω	Greek small letter omega
&there4;	∴	Therefore (therefore symbol)
&sum;	∑	Summation (capital sigma)
&prod;	∏	Product (capital pi)
&radic;	√	Square root
&infin;	∞	Infinity
&int;	∫	Integral
&rarr;	→	Right arrow
&larr;	←	Left arrow
&uarr;	↑	Up arrow
&darr;	↓	Down arrow
&harr;	↔	Left-right arrow