Unable to decode HTML entities

[asbjornu]

I want to convert HTML to plain text within a Kramdown plugin I'm making and I'm unable to get HTML entities decoded no matter what I do. Here's one of many things I've tried:

html = "<h1>&amp; &gt; &lt;</h1>"
doc = Kramdown::Document.new(html, input: :html, entity_output: :as_char)
puts doc.to_kramdown # Outputs: # &amp; &gt; &lt;

I expected the output to be # & > < and not # & > <. What am I doing wrong here?

[gettalong]

You are doing nothing wrong, this is just how the conversion is done. The entities for < > & " are not converted to characters.

[asbjornu]

Thanks for the quick reply! Would it be possible to change that behavior, somehow?

[gettalong]

I'm open to pull requests that adjust this behaviour in the kramdown converter, the used utility function should not be changed because it is used in several places.

[asbjornu]

Thanks, @gettalong. I may have a look at this when time allows. For now, I've circumvented the issue by using REXML directly.