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:Quoting >, < and & and prepending newline characters with <nowiki><br /></nowiki> should be sufficient for that purpose? --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 22:38, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
:: for that purpose only,sure. but then that wouldn't be much of a task. therefore i want to explore what else can be done to improve the presentation.--[[User:EMBee|eMBee]] 03:30, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
::: In my opinion, there are two kinds of transforms to consider: "changes that lose information" and "changes that do not lose information". A "non-lossy" transformation is one that can be reversed. One ideal would be a non-lossy mechanical transformation which minimizes information losses at rendering time for typical browsers -- here, the goal is to get out of the way and not be an obstacle for the provider of the text.
::: Much of the discussion on this page seems to be about "lossy transformations". For a lossy transformation to be implemented properly, I think that we would need a clear understanding of the purpose of the transformation.
::: Also, is there a reason why we are discussing a new transform here, and not an existing transform? --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 15:07, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
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