Hi
I used it when I was looking for the reason of a bug. I try to understand. It can't be THAT bad.
I found this, but I do not know how to proceed to change settings.
http://tidy.sourceforge.net/docs/quickref.html
There I found in the XHTML section a boolean
merge-spans which seems to solve the second point above in the first post. Looking now for the first one... Maybe
join-styles?
This does not mean I know where to apply these new settings...
(edit)
It seems there should (or could) be somewhere a
Tidy configuration text file named TiDyCFG.ini which includes all the non-default settings. When I install Sigil on my computer,
where is HTML TIDY?
There is also the possibility with Linux to install a package named
tidy dated March 2009 (see lower down its configuration) but I guess it already has been installed with Sigil?
A proposal: Optimize the use of Tidy with Sigil.
Another thing about it. It seems that presenting Html Tidy as a black and white option (take it or leave it), Sigil does not provide its users with the full effectiveness they could get from it. Say, this tool has plenty of nice features BUT for some of us a few terrible ones (and each one of us may have its own different "black sheep"). It's a pity not to use all the nice features just because some few do not fit with our needs. It seems better to try to adapt this tool to our own needs, by filling up properly its configuration file. It does not look so complicated, even if , admittedly, it would be an "advanced" option.