Re: [htmltmpl] Whitespace (linefeed) suppression?

[Puneet K. <pk...@ei...>]

Mark Fuller wrote:

> From: "Puneet Kishor" <pk...@ei...>
> 
>> IMO, logic should belong in the
>>script, not in the H-T markup, else it will become like php or
>>coldfusion. The control tags (tmpl_if, tmpl_unless, etc.) provide basic
>>programmatic control in the markup, but enough is enough, in my view.
> 
> 
> It seems like the problem (not a problem, but shortcoming?) is that the use
> of H::T tags leave residue linefeeds. The tags are removed, but not the
> linefeeds which were used *only* to enhance the legibility of why the tags
> were used.


that's the beauty. H-T removes just what it is concerned with... it uses 
tags, so it removes tags. It doesn't use whitespace, so it leaves it alone.

don't get me wrong -- I do see the point of a whitespace remover as it 
would make something (in this case, the html source) nicer to look at. I 
am not sure if H-T is the place to do it. Besides, only Sam will be able 
to tell how complicated it will be to program H-T to figure out which 
whitespace to keep and which to remove. This kind of complexity usually 
comes with a price.

As I have said in the past, I usually can think of ways something can be 
improved... but H-T is just one of those darn programs that I find can't 
be improved. It is close to perfect. It has a handful of commands, and I 
know most of them... beautiful. So leave it be.

The thing is... it is so easy to get around this problem... as David 
suggested... what is wrong with either html-tidy, or with s/\n\n/\n/g