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@@ -2042,6 +2042,37 @@ or [closing tag] (with any [tag name] other than `script`, or the end of the line.\ **End condition:** line is followed by a [blank line]. +HTML blocks continue until they are closed by their appropriate +[end condition], or the last line of the document or other [container block]. +This means any HTML **within an HTML block** that might otherwise be recognised +as a start condition will be ignored by the parser and passed through as-is, +without changing the parser's state. + +For instance, `<pre>` within a HTML block started by `<table>` will not affect +the parser state; as the HTML block was started in by start condition 6, it +will end at any blank line. This can be surprising: + +```````````````````````````````` example +<table><tr><td> +<pre> +**Hello**, + +_world_. +</pre> +</td></tr></table> +. +<table><tr><td> +<pre> +**Hello**, +<p><em>world</em>. +</pre></p> +</td></tr></table> +```````````````````````````````` + +In this case, the HTML block is terminated by the newline — the `**hello**` +text remains verbatim — and regular parsing resumes, with a paragraph, +emphasised `world` and inline and block HTML following. + All types of [HTML blocks] except type 7 may interrupt a paragraph. Blocks of type 7 may not interrupt a paragraph. (This restriction is intended to prevent unwanted interpretation |