   return R
 #...........................................................................................................
 parse_methods = get_parse_html_methods()
-@_parse_html_open_tag = parse_methods[ '_parse_html_open_tag' ]
+@_parse_html_open_or_lone_tag = parse_methods[ '_parse_html_open_or_lone_tag' ]
 @_parse_html_block    = parse_methods[ '_parse_html_block'    ]
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    .pipe @_PRE.$flatten_inline_tokens                S
    .pipe @_PRE.$flatten_image_tokens                 S
    .pipe @_PRE.$reinject_html_blocks                 S
    # .pipe D.$observe ( event ) => debug '©1', rpr event
    .pipe @_PRE.$rewrite_markdownit_tokens            S
    # .pipe @_PRE.$define_brackets                      S
    .pipe @_PRE.$custom_entities                      S
    .pipe @_PRE.$spurious_ampersand                  S

              when 'end'
                if name is 'p' then send [ '.', name, null, meta, ]
                else                send [ ')', name, null, meta, ]
              when 'lone'
                send [ '.', name, null, meta, ]
              else throw new Error "unknown HTML tag position #{rpr position}"
          #.................................................................................................
          else
