Since the method getRichEditValueStr(String value, int isRichEditValue) is static, it is not possible to change the saving policy for editor html without redundantly copying several methods to the extending class.

I made getRichEditValueStr(String value, int isRichEditValue) non-static.

Patch for revision 1139 (created with 'diff -uBbPr' on linux) ( note: the patch already got applied partly ):
— originals/magnolia-2.1-SNAPSHOT/src/main/info/magnolia/cms/gui/control/Save.java 2005-07-13 17:15:01.000000000 +0200
+++ patched/magnolia-2.1-SNAPSHOT/src/main/info/magnolia/cms/gui/control/Save.java 2005-08-05 14:24:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
/**

• The from, containing all the fields and files. This form is generated by magnolia.
  */

• private MultipartForm form;
  + protected MultipartForm form;

/**

• creates the node if it is not present
  @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
  /**
• The name of the repository to store the data. Website is default.
  */

• private String repository = ContentRepository.WEBSITE;
  + protected String repository = ContentRepository.WEBSITE;

/**

• Do not use this without a reason.
  @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
  // checkbox selected
  NodeData data = node.getNodeData(name);
  if (isRichEditValue != ControlSuper.RICHEDIT_NONE) { - valueStr = Save.getRichEditValueStr(valueStr, isRichEditValue); + valueStr = this.getRichEditValueStr(valueStr, isRichEditValue); }

  // actualy encoding does only work for control password
  boolean remove = false;
  @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@

• @param isRichEditValue
• @return todo configurable regexp on save?
  */

• protected static String getRichEditValueStr(String value, int isRichEditValue) {
  + protected String getRichEditValueStr(String value, int isRichEditValue) {

// encode the internal links to avoid dependences from the contextpath, position of the page
String valueStr = LinkUtil.convertAbsoluteLinksToUUIDs(value);