summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/lua_api.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lua_api.txt')
-rw-r--r--doc/lua_api.txt3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt
index ded416333..aa59898d7 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.txt
+++ b/doc/lua_api.txt
@@ -2980,6 +2980,9 @@ Some tags can enclose text, they open with `<tagname>` and close with `</tagname
Tags can have attributes, in that case, attributes are in the opening tag in
form of a key/value separated with equal signs. Attribute values should not be quoted.
+If you want to insert a literal greater-than sign or a backslash into the text,
+you must escape it by preceding it with a backslash.
+
These are the technically basic tags but see below for usual tags. Base tags are:
`<style color=... font=... size=...>...</style>`