diff --git a/js/WikiTextParser.js b/js/WikiTextParser.js
index ed1401c9d..01542ec0e 100644
--- a/js/WikiTextParser.js
+++ b/js/WikiTextParser.js
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ var WikiTextParser = function(text) {
 WikiTextParser.prototype.render = function(type,store,title) {
 	if(type === "text/html") {
 		return this.renderAsHtml(store,title);
+	} else if (type === "text/plain") {
+		return this.renderAsText(store,title);
 	} else {
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -89,6 +91,22 @@ WikiTextParser.prototype.renderAsHtml = function(store,title) {
 	return output.join("");	
 };
 
+WikiTextParser.prototype.renderAsText = function(store,title) {
+	var output = [];
+	var renderSubTree = function(tree) {
+		for(var t=0; t<tree.length; t++) {
+			if(tree[t].type === "text") {
+				output.push(tree[t].value);
+			}
+			if(tree[t].children) {
+				renderSubTree(tree[t].children);
+			}
+		}
+	};
+	renderSubTree(this.tree);
+	return output.join("");	
+};
+
 WikiTextParser.prototype.outputText = function(place,startPos,endPos) {
 	if(startPos < endPos) {
 		place.push({type: "text", value: this.source.substring(startPos,endPos)});
diff --git a/wikitest.js b/wikitest.js
index f45797b86..44fb04bb8 100644
--- a/wikitest.js
+++ b/wikitest.js
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ var wikiTest = function(spec) {
 		var tid = new Tiddler(spec.tiddlers[t]);
 		store.addTiddler(tid);
 
-console.error("%s in HTML:\n%s",tid.fields.title,tid.getParseTree().render("text/html",store,tid.fields.title));
+console.error("%s in HTML:\n%s\nAnd in plain:\n%s",
+			tid.fields.title,
+			tid.getParseTree().render("text/html",store,tid.fields.title),
+			tid.getParseTree().render("text/plain",store,tid.fields.title));
 
 
 	}