# File lib/rdoc/markup/attribute_manager.rb, line 239
  def flow(str)
    @str = str

    mask_protected_sequences

    @attrs = RDoc::Markup::AttrSpan.new @str.length

    convert_attrs    @str, @attrs
    convert_html     @str, @attrs
    convert_specials @str, @attrs

    unmask_protected_sequences

    split_into_flow
  end