_html: Let's see if Python does a better job

qsgen2

@@ -796,60 +796,93 @@ function _cleanup() {
     echo "${cleaned_content}"
 }
 
-function _html() {
+_html() {
     local content="${1}"
     local debug=false
 
     if ${debug}; then _msg debug "_html: Converting QStags in content"; fi
 
-    # Convert QStags to HTML using Perl, strictly matching the QStags list
-    local html_content=$(echo "${content}" | perl -pe '
-        BEGIN {
-            # Define a hash of QStags to their HTML equivalents
-            %qstags = (
-                "#BR" => "<br/>\\n",
-                "#BD" => "<b>", "#EBD" => "</b>\\n",
-                "#I" => "<i>", "#EI" => "</i>\\n",
-                "#P" => "<p>", "#EP" => "</p>\\n",
-                "#Q" => "<blockquote>", "#EQ" => "</blockquote>\\n",
-                "#C" => "<code>", "#EC" => "</code>\\n",
-                "#H1" => "<h1>", "#EH1" => "</h1>\\n",
-                "#H2" => "<h2>", "#EH2" => "</h2>\\n",
-                "#H3" => "<h3>", "#EH3" => "</h3>\\n",
-                "#H4" => "<h4>", "#EH4" => "</h4>\\n",
-                "#H5" => "<h5>", "#EH5" => "</h5>\\n",
-                "#H6" => "<h6>", "#EH6" => "</h6>\\n",
-                "#STRONG" => "<strong>", "#ESTRONG" => "</strong>\\n",
-                "#EM" => "<em>", "#EEM" => "</em>\\n",
-                "#DV" => "<div>", "#EDV" => "</div>\\n",
-                "#SPN" => "<span>", "#ESPN" => "</span>\\n",
-                "#UL" => "<ul>", "#EUL" => "</ul>\\n",
-                "#OL" => "<ol>", "#EOL" => "</ol>\\n",
-                "#LI" => "<li>", "#ELI" => "</li>\\n",
-                "#U" => "<u>", "#EU" => "</u>\\n",
-                "#TBL" => "<table>", "#ETBL" => "</table>\\n",
-                "#TR" => "<tr>", "#ETR" => "</tr>\\n",
-                "#TD" => "<td>", "#ETD" => "</td>\\n",
-                "#TH" => "<th>", "#ETH" => "</th>\\n",
-                "#ART" => "<article>", "#EART" => "</article>\\n",
-                "#SEC" => "<section>", "#ESEC" => "</section>\\n",
-                "#ASIDE" => "<aside>", "#EASIDE" => "</aside>\\n",
-                "#NAV" => "<nav>", "#ENAV" => "</nav>\\n",
-                "#BTN" => "<button>", "#EBTN" => "</button>\\n",
-                "#SEL" => "<select>", "#ESEL" => "</select>\\n",
-                "#OPT" => "<option>", "#EOPT" => "</option>\\n",
-                "#LT" => "&lt;", "#GT" => "&gt;", "#NUM" => "&num;"
-            );
+    # Define the Python code for parsing and replacing specific QStags
+    local python_code=$(cat <<EOF
+import re
+
+# Define a function to replace specific QStags
+def replace_qstags(match):
+    qstag = match.group(0)
+    qstag_dict = {
+        "#H1": "<h1>",
+        "#EH1": "</h1>",
+        "#H2": "<h2>",
+        "#EH2": "</h2>",
+        "#P": "<p>",
+        "#EP": "</p>",
+        "#BR": "<br/>",
+        "#BD": "<b>",
+        "#EBD": "</b>",
+        "#I": "<i>",
+        "#EI": "</i>",
+        "#STRONG": "<strong>",
+        "#ESTRONG": "</strong>",
+        "#EM": "<em>",
+        "#EM": "</em>",
+        "#DIV": "<div>",
+        "#EDIV": "</div>",
+        "#SPAN": "<span>",
+        "#ESPAN": "</span>",
+        "#UL": "<ul>",
+        "#EUL": "</ul>",
+        "#OL": "<ol>",
+        "#EOL": "</ol>",
+        "#LI": "<li>",
+        "#ELI": "</li>",
+        "#U": "<u>",
+        "#EU": "</u>",
+        "#TABLE": "<table>",
+        "#ETABLE": "</table>",
+        "#TR": "<tr>",
+        "#ETR": "</tr>",
+        "#TD": "<td>",
+        "#ETD": "</td>",
+        "#TH": "<th>",
+        "#ETH": "</th>",
+        "#ART": "<article>",
+        "#EART": "</article>",
+        "#SEC": "<section>",
+        "#ESEC": "</section>",
+        "#ASIDE": "<aside>",
+        "#EASIDE": "</aside>",
+        "#NAV": "<nav>",
+        "#ENAV": "</nav>",
+        "#BTN": "<button>",
+        "#EBTN": "</button>",
+        "#SEL": "<select>",
+        "#ESEL": "</select>",
+        "#OPT": "<option>",
+        "#EOPT": "</option>",
+        "#LT": "&lt;",
+        "#GT": "&gt;",
+        "#NUM": "&num;",
     }
-        while (my ($key, $value) = each %qstags) {
-            s/(?<!\S)\Q$key\E\b/$value/g;
-        }
-    ');
+    return qstag_dict.get(qstag, qstag)  # Replace or return unchanged
+
+# Define the regular expression pattern for QStags
+pattern = r'#\w+'
+
+# Replace QStags using the defined function
+result = re.sub(pattern, replace_qstags, '$content')
+
+print(result)
+EOF
+)
+
+    # Execute the Python code and capture the output
+    local html_content=$(python -c "${python_code}")
 
     echo "${html_content}"
 }
 
 
+
 # Time to test the first function
 #_msg std "Running function blogs"
 _blogs