Function parseEntity

src/commonmark.js:1746–1754

(block)

// Attempt to parse an entity.
var parseEntity = function(block) {
    var m;
    if ((m = this.match(reEntityHere))) {
        block.appendChild(text(decodeHTML(m)));
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
};

// Parse a run of ordinary characters, or a single character with
// a special meaning in markdown, as a plain string.