--- a/orpg/chat/chat_util.py	Tue Aug 18 20:48:36 2009 -0500
+++ b/orpg/chat/chat_util.py	Thu Aug 20 03:00:39 2009 -0500
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # utility function; see Post() in chatwnd.py
 
 import re
-import string
+import string
+from orpg.orpgCore import *
+from orpg.tools.orpg_log import logger
+from orpg.tools.decorators import debugging
 
 #============================================
 # simple_html_repair(string)
@@ -15,8 +18,9 @@
 #    to cause issues with the chat display
 #
 # Created 04-25-2005 by Snowdog
-#=============================================
-def simple_html_repair(string):
+#=============================================
+@debugging
+def simple_html_repair(string):
     "Returns string with extra > symbols to isolate badly formated HTML"
     #walk though string checking positions of < and > tags.
     first_instance = string.find('<')
@@ -67,24 +71,26 @@
     if diff > 0:
         for d in range(1,diff):
             string = string+">"
+    return string
 
-    return string
-
-def strip_unicode(txt):
+""" Depricated! Might as well use the already made component.get('xml')
+def strip_unicode(txt):
     for i in xrange(len(txt)):
         if txt[i] not in string.printable:
             try:
                 txt = txt.replace(txt[i], '&#' + str(ord(txt[i])) + ';')
             except:
                 txt = txt.replace(txt[i], '{?}')
-    return txt
+    return txt
+"""
 
 #================================================
 # strip_script_tags(string)
 #
 # removes all script tags (start and end)
 # 04-26-2005 Snowdog
-#================================================
+#================================================
+@debugging
 def strip_script_tags(string):
     #kill the <script> issue
     p = re.compile( '<(\s*)(/*)[Ss][Cc][Rr][Ii][Pp][Tt](.*?)>')
@@ -97,6 +103,7 @@
 # removes all li tags (start and end)
 # 05-13-2005
 #================================================
+@debugging
 def strip_li_tags(string):
     #kill the <li> issue
     string = re.sub( r'<(\s*)[Ll][Ii](.*?)>', r'<b><font color="#000000" size=+1>*</font></b>    ', string)
@@ -111,6 +118,7 @@
 #   through legitimate means such as the OpenRPG settings.
 # 07-27-2005 by mDuo13
 #================================================
+@debugging
 def strip_body_tags(string):
     bodytag_regex = re.compile(r"""<\/?body.*?>""", re.I)
     string = re.sub(bodytag_regex, "", string)
@@ -128,7 +136,8 @@
 # algorithm simply closes them, allowing them to be
 # used legitimately without causing much annoyance.
 # 07-27-2005 mDuo13
-#================================================
+#================================================
+@debugging
 def strip_misalignment_tags(string):
     alignment_regex = re.compile(r"""<p([^>]*?)align\s*=\s*('.*?'|".*?"|[^\s>]*)(.*?)>""", re.I)
     string = re.sub(alignment_regex, "<p\\1\\3>", string)
@@ -148,7 +157,8 @@
 # removes all img tags (start and end)
 # 05-13-2005
 # redone 07-11-2005 by mDuo13
-#================================================
+#================================================
+@debugging
 def strip_img_tags(string):
     #This is a Settings definable feature, Allowing users to enable or disable image display to fix the client crash due to large img posted to chat.
     #p = re.sub( r'<(\s*)(/*)[Ii][Mm][Gg][ ][Ss][Rr][Cc][=](.*?)>', r'<!-- img tag removed //--> <a href=\3>\3</a>', string)