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+/*\
+title: $:/core/modules/serializers.js
+type: application/javascript
+module-type: tiddlerserializer
+
+Plugins to serialise tiddlers to a block of text
+
+\*/
+(function(){
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+exports["text/plain"] = function(tiddler) {
+	return tiddler ? tiddler.fields.text : "";
+};
+
+exports["text/html"] = function(tiddler) {
+	var text = this.renderTiddler("text/html",tiddler.fields.title);
+	return text ? text : "";
+};
+
+})();