{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/397","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/397/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/397/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/397/events","html_url":"https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/397","id":99817097,"number":397,"title":"Pango markup gives error when \"<\" character is used","user":{"login":"ThePinkPanther","id":7422724,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7422724?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther","html_url":"https://github.com/ThePinkPanther","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ThePinkPanther/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-08-08T16:54:32Z","updated_at":"2015-08-08T21:04:45Z","closed_at":"2015-08-08T21:04:45Z","body":"when I try using \"<\" or \">\" character in markup I get \r\n\r\n' ' is not a valid charater following a '<' character; it may not begin an element name\r\n\r\nhere's my code:\r\n\r\n```\r\nbutton_left:set_markup(\"<span color='\" .. beautiful.fg_normal ..  \"'> < </span>\")\r\n```\r\n\r\nI also tried escaping like this: \r\n\\\\<\r\n/<"}}