HTML tags optimization [better learn CSS]

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

DENG a écrit :
> hi all,
> 
> i use SGMLParser to process HTML files, in order to do some
> optimizations,
> 
> something like this:
> 
> <i><b>TEXT1</b></i><b><i><u>TEXT2</u></i></b>
> 
> optimise to
> 
> <i><b>TEXT1<u>TEXT2</u></b><i>

Doesn't Tidy do this already ?

> 
> at the very beginning, i was thinking of analysing each text-block, to
> know their color, size, if is bold or italic, but i found it was too
> complicated.
> 
> e.g
> 
> <font color=red><font size=6>TEXT1</font></font>

Whoever writes such a thing in 2005 ought to be shot down for the sake 
of mankind !-)

> optimise to
> 
> <font color=red size=6>TEXT1</font>

You call this "optimized HTML" ? Even MS Word produces better code...

> 
> but if there is TEXT2 exist
> 
> <font color=red><font size=6>TEXT1</font>TEXT2</font>
> 
> we can not do any optimization.
> 
> my problem is I can not find a method to treat all those situation,

Tidy is open source AFAICT.

> I
> had too much thinking and get fool now
> 
> 
> anyone can give me some advices?

Learn to use Tidy and CSS.