old_contents: '''
  Conversion of references to plain text format
  '''
  
  import textwrap
  from ..misc import compact_elements
  from ..references import reference_text
  
  
  def write_txt(refs):
      '''Converts references to plain text format
      '''
      full_str = u'** ' + '\n\n'
      for ref in refs:
          full_str += u'{}\n'.format(compact_elements(ref['elements']))
  
          for ri in ref['reference_info']:
              full_str += u'    ## {}\n'.format(ri['reference_description'])
  
              refdata = ri['reference_data']
  
              if len(refdata) == 0:
                  full_str += u'    (...no reference...)\n\n'
              for k, r in refdata:
                  ref_txt = reference_text(r)
                  ref_txt = textwrap.indent(ref_txt, ' ' * 4)
                  full_str += u'{}\n\n'.format(ref_txt)
  
      return full_str
  
new_contents: '''
  Conversion of references to plain text format
  '''
  
  import textwrap
  from ..misc import compact_elements
  from ..references import reference_text
  
  
  def write_txt(refs):
      '''Converts references to plain text format
      '''
      full_str = u'\n'
      for ref in refs:
          full_str += u'{}\n'.format(compact_elements(ref['elements']))
  
          for ri in ref['reference_info']:
              full_str += u'    ## {}\n'.format(ri['reference_description'])
  
              refdata = ri['reference_data']
  
              if len(refdata) == 0:
                  full_str += u'    (...no reference...)\n\n'
              for k, r in refdata:
                  ref_txt = reference_text(r)
                  ref_txt = textwrap.indent(ref_txt, ' ' * 4)
                  full_str += u'{}\n\n'.format(ref_txt)
  
      return full_str
  
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