Send preformatted text in Skype

Sometimes I send pieces of code using Skype. Very often the text is messed up with smileys, and some brackets show up doubled.

Can I somehow send text that will not be transformed? Something like <pre> in HTML.

EDIT ( 19 march 2015 ): In Win 8.1 Skype version 7.2.59.103 (for desktop) both nesono's answer and Nishanth C's answer are working.

Solution 1:

In fact you can keep Skype from parsing the snippet for smileys. Just use two exclamation marks as the first line (rest empty) and paste your snippet afterwards.

Example:

!! call_function(0); :) (smoke)

Apart from that, you can use decorations to post *bold*, _italic_ or ~strikethrough~ text.

Solution 2:

New skype has a feature to add code. Try this

{code}
call_function(0);
:)
(smoke)
{code}

Solution 3:

Markdown-like syntax also works. For example:

``` 
var s = "Block highlighting"; 
alert(s); 
```

Solution 4:

To get around this kind of problem in other chat systems, people often post the code fragment on a web-based snippet site like pastebin.com and then just send a link to the code via chat.