HTML Tag Cleaner Fails

[Ben Rubinstein]

Ah, this takes me back.

On 07 Jun 2002, I wrote on this list (at the conclusion of a long rant):

> ["htmlText" is an excellent method of representing the content and style of
> a field] in so far as it fully represents every aspect that can currently be
> set for text in a field. It's a great shortcut; without it one would have to
> (as we used to do in HC) write functions that check the attributes of text
 > character by character. But ... I regret somewhat that it is formatted as a
> kind of 'cod' HTML  ...
> At the end of this I think I have a new request: introduce a new term as a
> synonym for "htmlText", and make it the preferred name.  If "formattedText"
> hadn't already been taken, that would be good.  The "richText" might make
> people think it was going to be RTF; how about "the styledtext"?

(and Dar was kind enough to reply - to the concept, not any of the specific
terminology suggestions -
> I like this.
)

Tragically - I word I use in purely ironic mood, given the shape of the world
- this exchange came just one month before Bugzilla opened for business, so
naturally I never entered the suggestion.  But if I was on a decent internet
connection at the moment, I'd do it now.

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