flow

# File lib/rdoc/markup/attribute_manager.rb, line 174
  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

    return split_into_flow
  end