xsl:strip-space targets source documents, not the stylesheet.

On 04/02/2008, Steven Ericsson-Zenith <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I have
>
>   <xsl:output
>          indent="no"
>          method="xhtml"
>          doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>          doctype-system="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd
> " />
>   <xsl:strip-space
>          elements="*" />
>
> in a style sheet, and the following template:
>
>      <xsl:template
>          match="foobar">
>          <xsl:element
>              name="span">
>              <xsl:attribute
>                  name="class">c</xsl:attribute>
>              <xsl:element
>                  name="div">
>                  <xsl:attribute
>                      name="class">d</xsl:attribute>
>                  <xsl:attribute
>                      name="style">display:none</xsl:attribute>
>                  <xsl:element
>                      name="p">
>                      <xsl:attribute
>                          name="style">text-transform:capitalize;text-
> align:left;</xsl:attribute>
>                      <xsl:element
>                          name="em">
>                          <xsl:apply-templates
>                              select="t" />
>                      </xsl:element>
>                  </xsl:element>
>                  <xsl:element
>                      name="p">
>                      <xsl:apply-templates
>                          select="d" />
>                  </xsl:element>
>              </xsl:element>
>              <xsl:apply-templates
>                  select="t" />
>          </xsl:element>
>      </xsl:template>
>
> For some reason this template alone, of all the many templates I have
> in this style sheet, is not stripped - and that failure to strip
> produces a faulty layout in IE (spit).
>
> I've tried all permutations but I don't understand why it is not
> stripped. Can someone enlighten me?
>
> Sincerely,
> Steven