diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/html_rewriter.py b/pywb/rewrite/html_rewriter.py
index f7575fa5..f0c904c2 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/html_rewriter.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/html_rewriter.py
@@ -263,10 +263,20 @@ class HTMLRewriterMixin(object):
#=================================================================
class HTMLRewriter(HTMLRewriterMixin, HTMLParser):
+ PARSETAG = re.compile('[<]')
+
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
HTMLParser.__init__(self)
super(HTMLRewriter, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+ def reset(self):
+ HTMLParser.reset(self)
+ self.interesting = self.PARSETAG
+
+ def clear_cdata_mode(self):
+ HTMLParser.clear_cdata_mode(self)
+ self.interesting = self.PARSETAG
+
def feed(self, string):
try:
HTMLParser.feed(self, string)
@@ -311,11 +321,12 @@ class HTMLRewriter(HTMLRewriterMixin, HTMLParser):
def handle_data(self, data):
self.parse_data(data)
- def handle_entityref(self, data):
- self.out.write('&' + data + ';')
-
- def handle_charref(self, data):
- self.out.write('&#' + data + ';')
+ # overriding regex so that these are no longer called
+ #def handle_entityref(self, data):
+ # self.out.write('&' + data + ';')
+ #
+ #def handle_charref(self, data):
+ # self.out.write('&#' + data + ';')
def handle_comment(self, data):
self.out.write('