Text Cleaner

This utility helps prepare text for various Web-related needs. [Explanation]

Input Text

English is presumed to be the language of the source text.

Output Text

UTF-8 is presumed to be the intended character set for the destination text.

Input Text Code Munging

Strip mark-up
Strip mark-up comments (leaving other mark-up)
Decode character entities
Strip JavaScript/CSS comments

Input Text Whitespace Munging

Covert line breaks to spaces
Strip empty lines
Strip line breaks
Strip spaces

Output Text Mark-up Formatting

Add paragraph mark-up
Add line break mark-up
Add unordered list mark-up

Output Text Character Entity Encoding

Encode quote, ampersand, and angle bracket characters ( ", &, <, and > )
Encode apostrophe characters ( ' )
Encode em dashes
Encode legal symbols ( ©, ™, and ® )
Encode bullets
Encode using mnemonic equivalents (when possible)

Output Text Utility Munging

Fix bullets (symbols used in supposed bullet contexts are standardized)
Use hyphen pairs for em dashes
Apply smart quote styling (automatically encoded)

Custom Replacement

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Provide Text Cleaner feedback -- flak, laud, inquiry... Whatever.