1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mkiv/lxml-xml.lua b/tex/context/base/mkiv/lxml-xml.lua
index d1520800f..47a6e8c85 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mkiv/lxml-xml.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mkiv/lxml-xml.lua
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ local xmlserialize   = xml.serialize
 local xmlcollected   = xml.collected
 local xmlnewhandlers = xml.newhandlers
 
+local reparsedentity  = xml.reparsedentitylpeg   -- \Ux{...}
+local unescapedentity = xml.unescapedentitylpeg
+local parsedentity    = reparsedentity
+
 local function first(collected) -- wrong ?
     return collected and collected[1]
 end
@@ -355,6 +359,25 @@ function xml.text(id,pattern) -- brrr either content or element (when cdata)
     end
 end
 
+function xml.pure(id,pattern)
+    if pattern then
+        local collected = xmlfilter(id,pattern)
+        if collected and #collected > 0 then
+            parsedentity = unescapedentity
+            local s = collected and #collected > 0 and xmltotext(collected[1]) or ""
+            parsedentity = reparsedentity
+            return s
+        else
+            return ""
+        end
+    else
+        parsedentity = unescapedentity
+        local s = xmltotext(id) or ""
+        parsedentity = reparsedentity
+        return s
+    end
+end
+
 xml.content = text
 
 --