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+import { Transforms } from 'slate';
+import { jsx } from 'slate-hyperscript';
+
+const ELEMENT_TAGS = {
+  A: (el) => ({ type: 'link', newTab: el.getAttribute('target') === '_blank', url: el.getAttribute('href') }),
+  BLOCKQUOTE: () => ({ type: 'blockquote' }),
+  H1: () => ({ type: 'h1' }),
+  H2: () => ({ type: 'h2' }),
+  H3: () => ({ type: 'h3' }),
+  H4: () => ({ type: 'h4' }),
+  H5: () => ({ type: 'h5' }),
+  H6: () => ({ type: 'h6' }),
+  IMG: (el) => ({ type: 'image', url: el.getAttribute('src') }),
+  LI: () => ({ type: 'li' }),
+  OL: () => ({ type: 'ol' }),
+  P: () => ({ type: 'paragraph' }),
+  PRE: () => ({ type: 'code' }),
+  UL: () => ({ type: 'ul' }),
+};
+
+const TEXT_TAGS = {
+  CODE: () => ({ code: true }),
+  DEL: () => ({ strikethrough: true }),
+  EM: () => ({ italic: true }),
+  I: () => ({ italic: true }),
+  S: () => ({ strikethrough: true }),
+  STRONG: () => ({ bold: true }),
+  U: () => ({ underline: true }),
+};
+
+const deserialize = (el) => {
+  if (el.nodeType === 3) {
+    return el.textContent;
+  } if (el.nodeType !== 1) {
+    return null;
+  } if (el.nodeName === 'BR') {
+    return '\n';
+  }
+
+  const { nodeName } = el;
+  let parent = el;
+
+  if (
+    nodeName === 'PRE'
+    && el.childNodes[0]
+    && el.childNodes[0].nodeName === 'CODE'
+  ) {
+    [parent] = el.childNodes;
+  }
+  const children = Array.from(parent.childNodes)
+    .map(deserialize)
+    .flat();
+
+  if (el.nodeName === 'BODY') {
+    return jsx('fragment', {}, children);
+  }
+
+  if (ELEMENT_TAGS[nodeName]) {
+    const attrs = ELEMENT_TAGS[nodeName](el);
+    return jsx('element', attrs, children);
+  }
+
+  if (TEXT_TAGS[nodeName]) {
+    const attrs = TEXT_TAGS[nodeName](el);
+    return children.map((child) => jsx('text', attrs, child));
+  }
+
+  return children;
+};
+
+const withHTML = (incomingEditor) => {
+  const { insertData, isInline, isVoid } = incomingEditor;
+
+  const editor = incomingEditor;
+
+  editor.isInline = (element) => (element.type === 'link' ? true : isInline(element));
+
+  editor.isVoid = (element) => (element.type === 'image' ? true : isVoid(element));
+
+  editor.insertData = (data) => {
+    const html = data.getData('text/html');
+
+    if (html) {
+      const parsed = new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html');
+      const fragment = deserialize(parsed.body);
+      Transforms.insertFragment(editor, fragment);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    insertData(data);
+  };
+
+  return editor;
+};
+
+export default withHTML;