Re: element to root

The only difference between your requested input and your requested
output is a single blank line inserted after

      span b pre br text

I see nothing in your message or the subject line that gives any
indication of what transform you are trying to do.

The following stylesheet converts your supplied input to your requested
output, but it may not be what you want.


<xsl:stylesheet 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">


<xsl:template match="/">
<p>
  <span style="style a">
    span a text 1
    <span style="style b">
      span b pre br text

      <br name="b"/>
      span b post br text
    </span>
    span a text 2
  </span>
</p>
</xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>


David

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