[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42224: Custom HTML widget is flagging errors on non-HTML

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#42224: Custom HTML widget is flagging errors on non-HTML
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 Reporter:  joyously      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |     Focuses:
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Comment (by joyously):

 Yes, I know about the post editor and the Text widget, as I referenced the
 other ticket about that (#42222).
 My point is that this is not a breaking error, and I should be able to
 save the widget.
 If I put this exact same thing into a 4.7.6 Text widget, it works fine.
 The browser knows it's an error, but renders it correctly anyway.
 [[Image(https://s1.postimg.org/1gybj72mnz/text-widget-4.7.6-ascii-
 art.jpg)]]

 The problem is that the current Text widget is doing the character
 conversion for me, but is losing the `<pre>` tag, so the only other widget
 to use is not doing the character conversion and won't let me save.
 You can see that for a non-technical user, this would make no sense, since
 this worked in widgets before.

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