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Do something reasonable when new HTML tags are used and Javadoc formatting is enabled

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #789 and examining how the formatter currently handles the listed HTML tags when Javadoc formatting is enabled. Determine whether the current result is incorrect or merely non-ideal, then define and verify reasonable formatting behavior for section, article, figure, and figcaption tags.

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Description

Split from #789. It was stated there that some users are using HTML tags I'd admittedly never heard of, like <section> <article> <figure> <figcaption>.

I'm not sure what the formatter currently does: is it bad or just non-ideal?

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