> These are the two questions, then:
> * Is my next sibling a text node?

<xsl:if test="following-sibling::node()[1][self::text()]">

> * If so, does its content begin with a non-whitespace character?

<xsl:if test="following-sibling::node()[1][self::text() and
  not(starts-with(translate(.,'& #9;& #10;& #13;','   '),' '))]">

without the spaces after the & inserted to stop some mail agents
mangling the text.

David

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