> These are the two questions, then:
> * Is my next sibling a text node?
> * If so, does its content begin with a non-whitespace character?

if test="following-sibling::node()[self::text()]
  [not(translate(substring(.,1,1), ' 	

', '')='')]

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> 
> How can I accomplish this with XPath and XSLT?  I spent a few 
> hours experimenting with following-sibling to no avail.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> An example of XML that should trigger special handling:
> 
> <inner>blah</inner>, following text.
> 
> XML that should not trigger it:
> 
> <inner>blah</inner><othertag>...
> 
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