diff --git a/lib/src/inline_parser.dart b/lib/src/inline_parser.dart
index ccdb3d2..46db2e6 100644
--- a/lib/src/inline_parser.dart
+++ b/lib/src/inline_parser.dart
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
     syntaxes.addAll(_defaultSyntaxes);
 
-    if (document.encodeHtml) {
+    if (_encodeHtml) {
       syntaxes.addAll(_htmlSyntaxes);
     }
   }
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@
     pos += length;
     start = pos;
   }
+
+  bool get _encodeHtml => document.encodeHtml;
 }
 
 /// Represents one kind of Markdown tag that can be parsed.
@@ -486,7 +488,7 @@
   @override
   bool onMatch(InlineParser parser, Match match) {
     var url = match[1]!;
-    var text = parser.document.encodeHtml ? escapeHtml(url) : url;
+    var text = parser._encodeHtml ? escapeHtml(url) : url;
     var anchor = Element.text('a', text);
     anchor.attributes['href'] = Uri.encodeFull('mailto:$url');
     parser.addNode(anchor);
@@ -502,7 +504,7 @@
   @override
   bool onMatch(InlineParser parser, Match match) {
     var url = match[1]!;
-    var text = parser.document.encodeHtml ? escapeHtml(url) : url;
+    var text = parser._encodeHtml ? escapeHtml(url) : url;
     var anchor = Element.text('a', text);
     anchor.attributes['href'] = Uri.encodeFull(url);
     parser.addNode(anchor);
@@ -619,7 +621,7 @@
       href = 'http://$href';
     }
 
-    final text = parser.document.encodeHtml ? escapeHtml(url) : url;
+    final text = parser._encodeHtml ? escapeHtml(url) : url;
     final anchor = Element.text('a', text);
     anchor.attributes['href'] = Uri.encodeFull(href);
     parser.addNode(anchor);
@@ -1170,19 +1172,17 @@
       if (char == $backslash) {
         parser.advanceBy(1);
         var next = parser.charAt(parser.pos);
-        if (char == $space || char == $lf || char == $cr || char == $ff) {
-          // Not a link (no whitespace allowed within `<...>`).
-          return null;
-        }
         // TODO: Follow the backslash spec better here.
-        // http://spec.commonmark.org/0.28/#backslash-escapes
+        // http://spec.commonmark.org/0.29/#backslash-escapes
         if (next != $backslash && next != $gt) {
           buffer.writeCharCode(char);
         }
         buffer.writeCharCode(next);
-      } else if (char == $space || char == $lf || char == $cr || char == $ff) {
-        // Not a link (no whitespace allowed within `<...>`).
+      } else if (char == $lf || char == $cr || char == $ff) {
+        // Not a link (no line breaks allowed within `<...>`).
         return null;
+      } else if (char == $space) {
+        buffer.write('%20');
       } else if (char == $gt) {
         break;
       } else {
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@
   @override
   bool onMatch(InlineParser parser, Match match) {
     var code = match[2]!.trim().replaceAll('\n', ' ');
-    if (parser.document.encodeHtml) code = escapeHtml(code);
+    if (parser._encodeHtml) code = escapeHtml(code);
     parser.addNode(Element.text('code', code));
 
     return true;
diff --git a/test/common_mark/links.unit b/test/common_mark/links.unit
index e362ba8..2274ba7 100644
--- a/test/common_mark/links.unit
+++ b/test/common_mark/links.unit
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 >>> Links - 486
 [link](</my uri>)
 <<<
-<p>[link](</my uri>)</p>
+<p><a href="/my%20uri">link</a></p>
 >>> Links - 487
 [link](foo
 bar)
diff --git a/test/gfm/links.unit b/test/gfm/links.unit
index 9b56101..35266a9 100644
--- a/test/gfm/links.unit
+++ b/test/gfm/links.unit
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 >>> Links - 498
 [link](</my uri>)
 <<<
-<p>[link](</my uri>)</p>
+<p><a href="/my%20uri">link</a></p>
 >>> Links - 499
 [link](foo
 bar)
diff --git a/tool/common_mark_stats.json b/tool/common_mark_stats.json
index 46f7044..901460b 100644
--- a/tool/common_mark_stats.json
+++ b/tool/common_mark_stats.json
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
   "483": "strict",
   "484": "strict",
   "485": "strict",
-  "486": "fail",
+  "486": "strict",
   "487": "strict",
   "488": "strict",
   "489": "strict",
diff --git a/tool/common_mark_stats.txt b/tool/common_mark_stats.txt
index 2a5cc91..495ba67 100644
--- a/tool/common_mark_stats.txt
+++ b/tool/common_mark_stats.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   11 of   12 –  91.7%  Indented code blocks
    1 of    1 – 100.0%  Inlines
   21 of   28 –  75.0%  Link reference definitions
-  81 of   87 –  93.1%  Links
+  82 of   87 –  94.3%  Links
   45 of   48 –  93.8%  List items
   22 of   26 –  84.6%  Lists
    8 of    8 – 100.0%  Paragraphs
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
   11 of   11 – 100.0%  Tabs
    3 of    3 – 100.0%  Textual content
   19 of   19 – 100.0%  Thematic breaks
- 610 of  649 –  94.0%  TOTAL
- 543 of  610 –  89.0%  TOTAL Strict
+ 611 of  649 –  94.1%  TOTAL
+ 544 of  611 –  89.0%  TOTAL Strict
diff --git a/tool/gfm_stats.json b/tool/gfm_stats.json
index 91699ff..1619615 100644
--- a/tool/gfm_stats.json
+++ b/tool/gfm_stats.json
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
   "495": "strict",
   "496": "strict",
   "497": "strict",
-  "498": "fail",
+  "498": "strict",
   "499": "strict",
   "500": "strict",
   "501": "strict",
diff --git a/tool/gfm_stats.txt b/tool/gfm_stats.txt
index c1e1819..59a193c 100644
--- a/tool/gfm_stats.txt
+++ b/tool/gfm_stats.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   11 of   12 –  91.7%  Indented code blocks
    1 of    1 – 100.0%  Inlines
   21 of   28 –  75.0%  Link reference definitions
-  81 of   87 –  93.1%  Links
+  82 of   87 –  94.3%  Links
   45 of   48 –  93.8%  List items
   22 of   26 –  84.6%  Lists
    8 of    8 – 100.0%  Paragraphs
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
   11 of   11 – 100.0%  Tabs
    3 of    3 – 100.0%  Textual content
   19 of   19 – 100.0%  Thematic breaks
- 625 of  671 –  93.1%  TOTAL
- 549 of  625 –  87.8%  TOTAL Strict
+ 626 of  671 –  93.3%  TOTAL
+ 550 of  626 –  87.9%  TOTAL Strict