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is there a way to create html without starting it off a `&lt;html&gt;` tag?

I want to be able to output html like `&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;` but it seems like i am forced to create it like `&lt;html&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/html`

workaround:

```typealias Html = FlowContent

fun writeHtml(builderAction: Html.() -> Unit): String {
    return createHTML(prettyPrint = false)
        .apply { div { builderAction() } }
        .finalize()
        .removePrefix("<div>")
        .removeSuffix("</div>")
}```

This question has popped up before.
There are some interesting implementations if you start reading from this post:
<https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CKWA2MV8U/p1728981104075979|https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CKWA2MV8U/p1728981104075979>

This is one way to do it too: <https://github.com/anderssv/kotlin-htmx/blob/main/src/main/kotlin/no/mikill/kotlin_htmx/pages/HtmlElements.kt#L65>