redefined version should always call \method{close()}.
\end{methoddesc}
+\begin{methoddesc}{get_starttag_text}{}
+Return the text of the most recently opened start tag. This should
+not normally be needed for structured processing, but may be useful in
+dealing with HTML ``as deployed'' or for re-generating input with
+minimal changes (whitespace between attributes can be preserved,
+etc.).
+\end{methoddesc}
+
\begin{methoddesc}{handle_starttag}{tag, method, attributes}
This method is called to handle start tags for which either a
\method{start_\var{tag}()} or \method{do_\var{tag}()} method has been