Function leftAngle

inline.go:630–658

'<' when tags or autolinks are allowed

(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int)

// '<' when tags or autolinks are allowed
func leftAngle(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
	data = data[offset:]
	altype, end := tagLength(data)
	if size := p.inlineHTMLComment(data); size > 0 {
		end = size
	}
	if end > 2 {
		if altype != notAutolink {
			var uLink bytes.Buffer
			unescapeText(&uLink, data[1:end+1-2])
			if uLink.Len() > 0 {
				link := uLink.Bytes()
				node := NewNode(Link)
				node.Destination = link
				if altype == emailAutolink {
					node.Destination = append([]byte("mailto:"), link...)
				}
				node.AppendChild(text(stripMailto(link)))
				return end, node
			}
		} else {
			htmlTag := NewNode(HTMLSpan)
			htmlTag.Literal = data[:end]
			return end, htmlTag
		}
	}

	return end, nil
}

// '\\' backslash escape
var escapeChars = []byte("\\`*_{}[]()#+-.!:|&<>~")