David,

Thanks for the quick reply. It makes a bit more sense now.

However I did not describe the problem properly. I would not like to DOE
on text, but on the elements. So for this:

<a class=l href="http://www.lixto.com/"><b>Lixto</b> Software GmbH Home</a>

I would like to get this (obviously):

<a class=l href="http://www.lixto.com/"><b>Lixto</b> Software GmbH Home</a>

but I am getting this:

&lt;a href="http://www.lixto.com/" class="l"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lixto&lt;/b&gt;
Software GmbH Home&lt;/a&gt;

Basically I don't care if text is DOEd (I think it is even desirable)
just I would not get &lt;a&gt;-style tags.

Thanks for your patience,
Peter