RE: Collapsing run-on tag chains not working in saxon

There is a utility called msxsl.exe that can be used to strip or preserve
whitespace (it's not a new tool, and works as a wrapper for MSXML 3 and 4):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnxml/html/
msxsl.asp

Check for the -xw option:

"White Space Stripping (-xw Option)
The -xw option instructs MSXSL to strip non-significant white space from the
input XML document during the load phase (preserveWhitespace set to False).
Enabling this option can lower memory usage and improve transformation
performance while, in most cases, creating equivalent output."

Personally, in some cases, I don't see a problem in stripping the white
space; in fact, in the HTML world, stripping white space can even optimize
the way browsers renders a given page. Extra whitespace between elements
(and carriage returns) can introduce differences at the pixel render
position level.

 That's why we prefer to use long one-liners without
whitespace and CRs - ugly, but necessary.

Cheers,
Wendell

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