Move strip_markup() into iutil.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/iutil.py b/iutil.py
index 198257744..a749fc22f 100644
--- a/iutil.py
+++ b/iutil.py
@@ -608,3 +608,19 @@ def isConsoleOnVirtualTerminal():
     if isS390():
         return False
     return not flags.serial
+
+def strip_markup(text):
+    if text.find("<") == -1:
+        return text
+    r = ""
+    inTag = False
+    for c in text:
+        if c == ">" and inTag:
+            inTag = False
+            continue
+        elif c == "<" and not inTag:
+            inTag = True
+            continue
+        elif not inTag:
+            r += c
+    return r.encode("utf-8")