Falkor wrote
This is basicly what I'm looking for, but I'd like to avoid the whole xhtml if possible.
I guess the quickest and dirties way is to strip all html-tags afterwards?
I guess so, you mentioned that you need to parse the syntax of plugins too, that however is only possible in xhtml mode.
Falkor wrote
If I were to remove some of the instructions, would that cause significant problems for p_render?
I think "removing" instructions won`t work in all cases, you would rather have to replace them, for example replace headline instructions with instructions for <p> blocks (I guess the sectioning instructions could be removed though).
And just another idea: If I understand you correctly, you`re about to implement a subscription system which sends the whole page as plain text via mail after a change. If that`s the case you don`t need to parse the thing again, you could also use the latest cached revision and strip all HTML tags from it.