[Bibdesk-users] Plain text template that includes italics?

[Jan D. H. <jd...@pr...>]

Does anyone know if there’s a way to create a template that preserves italics formatting, but none of the other rich text attributes?
Not directly related to BibDesk functionalities, but it feels like this is a use case that a lot of BibDesk users might have encountered:
When using formatted templates (for copy paste or drag and drop) I frequently wish there was an intermediate format between rtf and txt that keeps italics but nothing else. Because for bibliographic entries, in most styles italics are important for Journal names or Book titles.
Rtf templates preserve italics but also all the other stuff like font, font size, etc. – and depending on where you paste them (like an email or a document that has a different font than your template) you have to come up with workarounds like “match destination formatting” or pasting as plain text and manually re-adding italics. So I was wondering is there perhaps a way (maybe some tool or script) that someone has come up with to strip copied rich text of everything but the italics formatting?
Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated!
Jan