RE: Formatting_the_result

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 99/10/05 18:10 +0900, Frank A. Christoph wrote:
> Uh oh---now I'm confused... in view of the rules for ignoring RE's right
> after start tags and right before end tags, wouldn't it be OK to just output
> things like:
>
> <A>
> <B>Hello </B>
> <B>world!</B>
> </A>
>
> ?

Nope ... because one doesn't necessarily know if <B> is an inclusion or 
not.  Record end rules change when the element is allowed by means of an 
inclusion in the content model.

I think the new line at the end of the start tag is the safest ... I've 
been doing it a *lot* in my conversion work for many years (predating Jade) 
because it helps me look over the data in an editor after it has been 
converted from non-SGML to SGML.  My habit, though, is to not introduce a 
new line in any end tag, only at the end of every start tag.  It really 
helps to be able to bring it up in an editor for review.

> (Geez, I hate this mixed content/whitespace stuff...!)

Don't we all? :{)}

.............. Ken

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