I am not sure what you want to do exactly. If you could provide a better text case, that is code I can run,, with input and expected output, then I would have a better chance at giving you an answer. It would essentially convert your explanations into code, so there is much less chance for misinterpretation. I suspect the solution involves either subs_text or mark but I can't say for sure.

A example test would be:

#!/usr/bin/perl 

use strict;
use warnings;

use Test::More tests => 1;
use XML::Twig;

my $doc='<paragraph> Some <bold>text</bold> here which may be any <bol
+d>length</bold> and <bold>contain</bold> a number of child tags.</par
+agraph>';
my $expected= '<paragraph> Some <bold>text</bold> here which <bold>may
+</bold> be any <bold>length</bold> and <bold>contain</bold> a number 
+of <bold>child</bold> tags.</paragraph>';

my $t=XML::Twig->new->parse( $doc);

$t->root->mark( qr/(may|child)/, 'bold');

is( $t->sprint, $expected, 'simple replace');

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In reply to Re: Twig Mixed Content Child Text Replace Issues by mirod
in thread Twig Mixed Content Child Text Replace Issues by unknown_varmit

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