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 * Moved CMakeLists.txt to root, made it friendlier for CLion and generating XCode and VS projects, and removed the manually maintained XCode and VS projects.
 
 ### Features/ Changes:
-* Approx now supports >= and <=
-* Can now use \ to escape chars in test names on command line
+* Approx now supports `>=` and `<=`
+* Can now use `\` to escape chars in test names on command line
 * Standardize C++11 feature toggles
 
 ### Fixes:
 * Blue shell colour
-* Missing argument to CATCH_CHECK_THROWS
+* Missing argument to `CATCH_CHECK_THROWS`
 * Don't encode extended ASCII in XML
 * use std::shuffle on more compilers (fixes deprecation warning/error)
-* Use __COUNTER__ more consistently (where available)
+* Use `__COUNTER__` more consistently (where available)
 
 ### Other:
 * Tweaks and changes to scripts - particularly for Approval test - to make them more portable