I guess I have a funny workaround to remembering the [ and ] values. Since my default .sig includes them, every new comment I create has them in plaintext already.

I agree, though-- the stock Everything bracket-puffer could probably be a little smarter for PerlMonks. For example, m/ \[ \d+ \] /x probably should not get puffed, nor should m/ \[ \$ \w+ \] /x. That would avoid a large number of inadverent bracket problems when discussing Perl, but not hamper the rest of the cool bracket linking features.

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