Possible bug in Markdown.pl with `<<` handling

[Michel Fortin]

Le 11 sept. 2006 à 23:27, A. Pagaltzis a écrit :


> * Michel Fortin <michel.fortin at michelf.com> [2006-09-12 00:50]:

>> Your first suggestion, escaping `<`, doesn't work as Markdown

>> doesn't  consider `<` to be an escapable character. I'd be

>> interesting if it  did however, as it is currently impossible

>> to write anything like a  <tag> outside a code span or a code

>> block.

>

> But there is. You just write `&lt;tag;`, no?


Hum, yeah. I missed the obvious. (Assuming you meant `&lt;tag>`, or  
`&lt;tag&gt;`.)

But still, I think it would be more natural if `<` could be escaped  
without an HTML entity reference.


Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
http://www.michelf.com/