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Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:41 pm
by dfhtextpipe
The filter
Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text does not work in
TextPipe 10.7.6.
Every HTML entity in my UTF-8 test file became the
NUL character!
The attachment HTML XML entities.zip is no longer available
NB. I have therefore just made a workaround using a replace list filter.
- HTML XML entities.zip
- Zip file contains UTF-8 test file with all 253 entities.
- (973 Bytes) Downloaded 9070 times
Aside: I do not recall using this filter in earlier versions of TextPipe, so I have nothing to say about when it first had this bug.
Please fix this bug asap.
David
Re: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:44 pm
by dfhtextpipe
Also, there's a minor issue with the Help for Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text.
When this filter is selected in the filters list, and the context menu option Help for this filter is clicked, the wrong help page is displayed.
David
Re: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:58 pm
by dfhtextpipe
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:29 am
by dfhtextpipe
Please review and respond.
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:58 pm
by DataMystic Support
Thanks David - the help and the filter are fixed for TextPipe 10.8 and the encodings have been updated for the latest unicode.
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:20 am
by dfhtextpipe
Thanks, Simon.
When is TextPipe 10.8 due to be released?
David
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:05 pm
by DataMystic Support
Aiming for 2 weeks from now.
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:48 am
by dfhtextpipe
See also http://www.datamystic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2501&p=7542&hilit=HTML+entities#p7542
This filter now needs to be updated to provide support for HTML 5.0.
Since HTML 4.0 there are many new entities and some now have aliases, and two have been remapped.
Even more alarming and urgent!
Convert Numeric HTML entities to text has stopped working altogether in TextPipe 11.4
David
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 2:33 am
by dfhtextpipe
This issue is probably the one that now requires the most urgent attention.
See my edited recent comments above.
David
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:34 am
by dfhtextpipe
Hi Simon,
Anything to report on this critical issue and the related one?
David
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:04 am
by DataMystic Support
Hi David,
This is being prepared for v11.6.
Regards,
Simon
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:29 pm
by dfhtextpipe
Excellent news!
David
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:40 am
by dfhtextpipe
Was it indeed fixed in version 11.6 ?
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:40 am
by DataMystic Support
The help notes refer to:
- Updated "Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text" to fully support HTML5, with
~2200 entities now supported.
Re: Software bug: Convert HTML/XML Entities to Text
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:38 am
by dfhtextpipe
Thanks, Simon.
Happy New Year!
David