RE: tag minimisation

DC:
> so you need to make th elast stage in your pipeline convert to html.
> Just sending XML not using /> will cause IE to break in other places
> every <br></br> will cause a blank line (ie two line breaks) for
> example.
> 
> The easiest way to do an xhtml to html trasform for IE is to stick
> 
> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="idenity.xsl"/>
> 
> at the top of the file, where identity.xsl is an XSL identity 
> transform
> outputting using html outputmethod.
 
Yeah, this works.  Very cunning.  However, its an extra level of
processing and.. well, it just seems like overkill.  Very good though.


> yes it does what you need, not what you are asking for: it 
> outputs <br/>
> as <br /> not <br></br>.
> 

<br>'s aren't the problem, nor are <a> or <img>, as these generally
don't have styles.  The problem lies squarely with <div> <span> <td>
etc, getting minimised:

<td><xsl:apply-templates select="foo"/></td>
<td>bar</td>

Becomes, when <foo> is empty/not present:

<td/>
<td>bar</td>

which is then interpreted as:

<td>
  <td>bar</td>
</td>

which is incorrect.  The current realistic solution (no node-tests pls)
is to include some whitespace, to prevent the serialiser minimising the
element, so the output becomes:

<td> </td>
<td>bar</td>

All I was asking for was a switch to tell the serialiser not to bother
minimising empty elements.

cheers
andrew

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