set the textStyle to not bold

[Richard Gaskin]

DunbarX wrote:
> The proffered scripts all necessitate that the original text, likely from a 
> field, be manHandled word by word.
> 
> This is because text in a variable does not retain the textStyle of the 
> source. But don't I remember that there is a way, or a gadget, that holds the 
> style along with the raw text? The only reason it might matter is speed; a 
> lot of getting and setting goes on in the solutions offered. It might be worth 
> it to put massive amounts of text in a variable and process there, 
> returning the new styled text to the field in one put.
> 
> Seems like I saw this somewhere...

As Jacque and others here have pointed out, htmlText is the 
highest-fidelity representation of field contents modifiable by script.

Dr. Raney said that if you ever find a way to do anything in a field 
which is not transferable to another field via htmlText it would be a bug.

Extra bonus points that htmlText is just plain text in a language 
designed for working with text easily.

HtmlText is the with-the-grain solution for modifying style runs in Rev.

Coming from a HC/SuperCard background I was initially prone to habits 
acquired with those other tools, but other tools don't have htmlText 
which Raney added to overcome the limitations of alternatives.

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