RE: Simple Html2Txt function , doesn't work for `&' symbol ?

Aaron Lewis wrote:
> Consider following function , i tried to do a simple
> html conversation, not working for the third one ?
>
> function HtmlToText()
> exec "%s/&lt;/</g"
> exec "%s/&gt;/>/g"
> exec "%s/&amp;/\&/g"
> endfunc

Probably something to do with using a double-quoted string
(try :echo "a\&b").

You do not need to "execute" a command, so just omit all the
"exec" and quotes. The tip with the polished product is:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/HTML_entities

John

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