[spicyj]

(This is actually not quite true -- you only lose whitespace when one side of the linebreak has an element, not when both are text.)

[mbrock]

Oh, thanks for the clarification. I was misremembering; I think my actual case was something like:

    <p>
      Hello, etc etc, please
      <a href="#my-neat-anchor">click here</a>
      to continue.
    </p>

[spion]

Ah yes, I forgot about that catch. Its not always just simple copy-paste.