Document.write() cover function

[MartinRinehart]

I originally wrote dw() as a typist-friendly synonym for document.write(). Then I had it write text to an alert() box if "debug" was set true. It got improved to the following when I found that none of my browsers could manage a scrollbar for an over-length alert() box. (Beer license: if this helps you and we happen to meet, first round is on you.)

function dw( text ) {
	if ( debug ) { // in your old line editor; rep /</&lt;/g 
		document.write( text.replace(new RegExp( '<', 'g' ), '&lt;') + '<br>' );
	} else {
		document.write( text );
	}
}