[WEB4LIB] Need list of HTML Editors that "remove spurious characters"

[Christopher Adams]

Dreamweaver 4 has a feature that allows you to remove Microsoft Word
code from a document saved as HTML. This can result in a much smaller
html document than you would get if you used the almost brain-dead
method of saving a Word document to HTML. 

This doesn't address hidden ascii characters, but is a really nice
feature if you have alot of Word documents that have been saved to HTML
and you want to edit them and use Style Sheets.

Christopher Adams
Oregon State Library


David Merchant wrote:
> 
> [also posted to the ADV-HTML list <http://netsquirrel.com/adv-html/> ]
> 
> The latest HTML Assistant Pro 2000 <http://www.exit0.com/> has a "Remove
> spurious characters" filter in it. As they explain:
> 
>          "Hidden, or spurious, characters in your text can cause
> unpredictable results
>          with editors, browsers, and other programs that display or process it.
> 
>          This filter will remove hidden characters (those with ASCII values
> less than 32) from your text.
> 
>          This includes the UNIX end of line character (ASCII 10), but not
> the DOS/WINDOWS end
>          of line character pair (ASCII 13 + ASCII 10).
> 
>          You will be able to 'Undo' this operation."
> 
> Are there any other HTML editors out there that do the same thing
> (freeware, shareware, and/or commercial)? I am compiling a list for a book
> I'm writing. Please email me off-list, I will send a summary to the list.
> 
> TIA,
> TTFN,
> David
> 
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