Self-closing img tag

[hack3r3d]

I don't know that this is the correct forum for this sort of question, but how to change pico so it doesn't self-close img tags?

[PhrozenByte]

What is a "self-closing img tag" (<img />?) and why do you want to change its behaviour?

[hack3r3d]

I don't want it to <img /> I want it to be <img></img> Why is because it's better html.

[PhrozenByte]

Why is because it's better html.

Even though <img></img> is valid XHTML, it actually is invalid HTML5:

Void elements only have a start tag; end tags must not be specified for void elements.

– Source: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#elements-2

Start tags must have the following format: …

6. Then, if the element is one of the void elements, or if the element is a foreign element, then there may be a single U+002F SOLIDUS character (/). This character has no effect on void elements, but on foreign elements it marks the start tag as self-closing.

– Source: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#start-tags

Simply put: <img></img> is invalid HTML5, it must either be <img> (i.e. without a closing tag, but this is invalid XHTML), or <img /> (both valid XHTML and HTML5). So I'd recommend not to do stuff like that. <img /> is perfectly fine.

Anyway, you could extend Parsedown to transform your Markdown to whatever you like - or simply add the plain (X)HTML in your Markdown files.

[hack3r3d]

I don't want to get into a debate about html, but the answer it to extend Parsedown? The result I'm going for is just <img>Thanks.

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