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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Is this valid HTML? My understanding is that that attribute value needs to be escaped, i.e. <value of \"myattribute\">.

[โ€“] moriquende 4 points 1 month ago

The quote must not be escaped when you start with a single quote. The rest doesn't. This is valid and tested: <img alt='my "<img>"'>