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<p>All work and 
no play 
makes Jack a 
dull boy
All work and no play makes 
Jack a dull boy
All work and no play makes 
Jack a dull boy
</p>

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<p>All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy </p>

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[\r\n]+(?=(?:[^<]+|<(?!/?p\b))*</p>)

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put replaceText(tFairy,"[\r\n]+(?=(?:[^<]+|<(?!/?p\b))*</p>)"," ")  into tFairy

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replace return with space in yourContainer

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on mouseUp
  put fld "IN" into txt
  set linedel to "<p>"
  set itemdel to "</p>"
  repeat with i=2 to the num of lines of txt
    replace cr with space in item 1 of line i of txt
  end repeat
  put txt into fld "OUT"
end mouseUp

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on mouseUp
  put fld "IN" into txt
  replace "<p>" with numToChar(1) in txt
  replace "</p>" with numToChar(2) in txt
  set linedel to numToChar(1)
  set itemdel to numToChar(2)
  repeat with i=2 to the num of lines of txt
    replace cr with space in item 1 of line i of txt --> see ***
  end repeat
  replace numToChar(1) with "<p>" in txt
  replace numToChar(2) with "</p>" in txt
  put txt into fld "OUT"
end mouseUp

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replace return with space in yourContainer

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<span>this is a span tag</span>
<span>this is another span tag</span>
<p>All work and
no play
makes Jack a
dull boy
All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy
All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy
</p>
<span>this is the end span tag</span>

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<span>this is a span tag</span> <span>this is another span tag</span> <p>All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy </p>
<span>this is the end span tag</span>

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<span>this is a span tag</span>
<span>this is another span tag</span>
<p>All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy </p>
<span>this is the end span tag</span>

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--- For LC 6 (easier but slower with LC 7/8)
on mouseUp
  lock screen; lock messages
  put the millisecs into m1
  put fld "IN" into txt; put the num of lines of txt into n1
  put numToChar(1) into c1
  put numToChar(2) into c2
  replace "<p>" with c1 in txt
  replace "</p>" with c2 in txt
  set linedel to c1; set itemdel to c2
  put line 1 of txt into txt2 --> we start AFTER first "<p>"
  repeat for each line L in (line 2 to -1 of txt)
    replace cr with space in item 1 of L
    replace c2 with "</p>" in L
    put "<p>" & L after txt2
  end repeat
  put txt2 into fld "OUT"
  set linedel to cr
  put length(txt2) & " / replaced " & (n1-the num of lines of txt2) & \
         " / " & (the millisecs - m1) & " ms" into fld "timing"
  unlock screen; unlock messages
end mouseUp