encapsulate RichString as a string?

[verybadcat]

I want a way to write my RichString objects with plain text.

For example,

"The ship \i{Bismarck}"

might get converted to

"The ship Bismarck"

Of course I could roll my own. But I wonder anyone has already done it?

[toptensoftware]

I was thinking of adding a simple html style markup parser but never got around to it (and no immediate plans).