From: Ichimusai <ichi@ichimusai.org>
Subject: Re: HTML in mail (or perhaps replace-regexp might work?)
Date: 28 Aug 2002 22:31:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3r8gibu90.fsf@ichimusai.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m33csyd9kn.fsf@ichimusai.org>
Ichimusai <ichi@ichimusai.org> writes:
> Vasily Korytov <moderator@faqteam.org> writes:
>
> > Try this function:
> >
> > (defun vk-remove-tags ()
> > "Remove everything, that fits the regexp in current buffer."
> > (interactive)
> > (save-excursion
> > (beginning-of-buffer)
> > (while (re-search-forward "" nil t)
> > (replace-match "" nil nil))))
> >
> > Besides, I don't recommend binding it globally, esp. to C-backspace.
>
> Brilliant!
>
> I was close to the solution myself, I had it this way:
>
> (defun wash-ugly-html ()
> (while (re-search-forward "\\(<.*>\\)\\|\\(&.*;\\)" nil t)
> (replace-match "" nil nil)))
>
> (global-set-key "\C-\M-H" 'wash-ugly-html)
>
> But of course that did not work very well. Replaced the regexp in your
> function and it works pretty well so far I have tested it, with one
> exception, is it possible to position just after the headers and not
> at the top of the buffer before replacing?
>
> Because otherwise the References: line is caught in the <.*> part of
> the regexp.
I solved the references lines problem by narrowing my regexp a bit, it
now looks like "\\(<[^<>.@]*>\\)\\|\\(&.*;\\)" instead.
Thus something like
<html>
> You said that you are using HTML?<BR>
</html>
Will remove the apropriate tags but leave the ">" quote mark.
Sorry guys if I am talking to myself, I'm rather excited though.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-28 20:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-28 16:26 HTML in mail Ichimusai
2002-08-28 16:29 ` Ichimusai
2002-08-28 17:00 ` Vasily Korytov
[not found] ` <m3it1ueqkj.fsf_-_@ichimusai.org>
[not found] ` <871y8ig4cy.fsf@unix.home>
2002-08-28 19:54 ` HTML in mail (or perhaps replace-regexp might work?) Vasily Korytov
2002-08-28 20:15 ` Ichimusai
2002-08-28 20:31 ` Ichimusai [this message]
[not found] ` <5llm6qwvio.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu>
[not found] ` <wupr9gda.fsf@ID-23066.news.dfncis.de>
2002-09-13 15:26 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-09-14 15:15 ` Clemens Fischer
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