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clarify that character references are not interpreted in HTML blocks and raw HTML #690

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Expand Up @@ -722,57 +722,64 @@ recognized as entity references either:
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Entity and numeric character references are recognized in any
context besides code spans or code blocks, including
URLs, [link titles], and [fenced code block][] [info strings]:
Entity and numeric character references are treated as literal
text in code spans and code blocks:
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Entity and numeric character references are treated as literal
text in code spans and code blocks:
Entity and numeric character references are treated literally
in code spans and code blocks:

I think “text” might be a bit confusing as there’s the connotation with “Textual content”. Characters in this context, is confusing too. So many like this?


```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="&ouml;&ouml;.html">
`f&ouml;&ouml;`
.
<a href="&ouml;&ouml;.html">
<p><code>f&amp;ouml;&amp;ouml;</code></p>
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```````````````````````````````` example
[foo](/f&ouml;&ouml; "f&ouml;&ouml;")
f&ouml;f&ouml;
.
<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="föö">foo</a></p>
<pre><code>f&amp;ouml;f&amp;ouml;
</code></pre>
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Entity and numeric character references are left uninterpreted
in HTML blocks and raw HTML:
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Entity and numeric character references are left uninterpreted
in HTML blocks and raw HTML:
Entity and numeric character references are not interpreted
in HTML blocks and raw HTML:

Personally I think this suggestion is clearer, but I don’t have strong opinions on it.


```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
<div id="&copy&asdf;">

[foo]: /f&ouml;&ouml; "f&ouml;&ouml;"
Link <a href="&copy&ouml;&ouml;.html">
.
<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="föö">foo</a></p>
<div id="&copy&asdf;">
<p>Link <a href="&copy&ouml;&ouml;.html"></p>
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Entity and numeric character references are recognized in any
any other context, including URLs, [link titles], and
[fenced code block][] [info strings]:
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Entity and numeric character references are recognized in any
any other context, including URLs, [link titles], and
[fenced code block][] [info strings]:
Entity and numeric character references are recognized in any
other context, including URLs, [link titles], and
[fenced code block][] [info strings]:

Double any.


```````````````````````````````` example
``` f&ouml;&ouml;
foo
```
[foo](/f&ouml;&ouml; "f&ouml;&ouml;")
.
<pre><code class="language-föö">foo
</code></pre>
<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="föö">foo</a></p>
````````````````````````````````


Entity and numeric character references are treated as literal
text in code spans and code blocks:

```````````````````````````````` example
`f&ouml;&ouml;`
[foo]

[foo]: /f&ouml;&ouml; "f&ouml;&ouml;"
.
<p><code>f&amp;ouml;&amp;ouml;</code></p>
<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="föö">foo</a></p>
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```````````````````````````````` example
f&ouml;f&ouml;
``` f&ouml;&ouml;
foo
```
.
<pre><code>f&amp;ouml;f&amp;ouml;
<pre><code class="language-föö">foo
</code></pre>
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Entity and numeric character references are preserved in HTML
Entity and numeric character references are copied uninterpreted in HTML
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Entity and numeric character references are copied uninterpreted in HTML
Entity and numeric character references are not interpreted in HTML

Same as my earlier reasoning.

attributes:

```````````````````````````````` example
foo <a href="&ouml;">
foo <a href="&ouml;&copy">
.
<p>foo <a href="&ouml;"></p>
<p>foo <a href="&ouml;&copy"></p>
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Backslash escapes do not work in HTML attributes:
Backslash escapes are also copied uninterpreted:
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Backslash escapes are also copied uninterpreted:
Backslash escapes are also not interpreted:


```````````````````````````````` example
foo <a href="\*">
Expand All @@ -9192,6 +9199,9 @@ foo <a href="\*">
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Not interpreting backslash escapes can mean not recognizing
a tag that HTML5 would recognize:
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I’m not a fan of this sentence: HTML(5) definitely does recognise this. It’s a “valid” but weird link to \ and an attribute " (w/o value).

Perhaps better to say something along the lines of:

As backslash escapes are a markdown thing, and not an HTML thing,
they are not interpreted in HTML:


```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="\"">
.
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