On Sat, 2024-12-28 at 05:37 +0000, Liam R. E. Quin
liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Here's a version using a recursive function, for XSLT 1.

Haha it's late an di'm tired, probably it should have an empty template
to match blank text nodes between strong elements and remove them:

  <xsl:template match="text()[
    preceding-sibling::*[1]/self::strong
    and
    following-sibling::*[1]/self::strong
    and
    not(normalize-space(.))
  ]" />


or you'll get them twice.

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