Feature request: Only minimal required HTML/XML Entities in "To HTML Entity"
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
The `To HTML Entity` Operation is polluted to an almost unusable point now. Most of the time I want it to replace `<`, `>`, `&` and `"` - nothing more. It did that years ago. But today it almost replaces everything that's not a simple letter or number.
Why does it replace `?!.,+=`?!
**Describe the solution you'd like**
Add an option that only replaces `<`, `>`, `&` and `"` (maybe `'`) along with `Convert all characters`
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
none
**Additional context**
This is what it produces now:
```xml
The `To HTML Entity` Operation is polluted to an almost unusable point now.
Most of the time I want it to replace `<`, `>`,
`&` and `"` - nothing more. It did that years ago.
But today it almost replaces everything that's not a simple letter or number.
Why does it replace `?!.,+=`?!
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the `To HTML Entity` operation and its existing tests or configuration. Add an option alongside `Convert all characters` that limits replacement to the listed required entities, then verify that punctuation remains unchanged and the existing behavior still works.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100