Remove HTML Comments

script

// Run this from a document whose HTML comments you want removed

// Function to strip comments
function stripHTMLComments(content){
  cursor=0
  
  comments=[]
  
  // Find all the HTML comments' positions
  while((open=content.indexOf("<!--",cursor))>-1){
    // Have found what looks like a comment open
    close=content.indexOf("-->",open+4)
    if(close>=open+4){
      // Have a matching comment close
      comments.push([open,close+3])
      cursor=close+3
    }else{
    	 // No matching comment close - so break the loop
      break
    }
  } 
  
  // Compose the edited string
  editedContent=""
  cursor=0
  for(i=0;i<comments.length;i++){
    editedContent=editedContent+content.substring(cursor,comments[i][0])
    cursor=comments[i][1]
  }
  
  // Any text after the last comment
  editedContent=editedContent+content.substring(cursor)
  
  return editedContent
}

draft.content=stripHTMLComments(draft.content)