htmlreplace

Code writing involves the use of different words which act as triggers to perform specific functions. Regular letters are used in the process, but the output might not entirely be readable, depending on the character encoding used in the process. In this regard, htmlreplace wants to help replace specific characters of foreign languages with HTML entities.

The application comes in a lightweight package, and you don’t even need to install it in order to make it work. As such, it easily fits on a USB flash drive in case you want to always have this replacement tool at hand. Usage requires no special system privileges, and registry entries remain intact during runtime.

All elements you get to work with are found in a clean, intuitive design. There’s an input area where text you want to process goes. It can either be written down on the spot, or loaded through the browse dialog. Different types of text files are supported, among which you load TXT, RTF, and HTML.

Replacement is done at the press of a button, and text is delivered in a dedicated output window. Sadly, new bits of code are not highlighted, but you’re sure new characters properly appear in your project.

Input is scanned for characters like ü, ä, ö, Ü, Ö, Ä, and quotation marks. These are converted into bits of HTML code so they properly appear in the final product. Just be sure to also write down the desired output format when saving the file, otherwise you’re not able to open it.

All things considered, we can state that htmlreplace is a straightforward tool you can use to replace specific characters for proper encoding of foreign language characters. Sadly, supported or changed strings are not highlighted, and you need to pay attention to include the extension when saving.