`` (don't ask me why). You can avoid the self-closing tag by setting
the ``text`` attribute to an empty string:
>>> html = E.div()
>>> html.text = ""
>>> print(tostring(html))
Note that you must set ``text`` explicitly. Simply specifying it when
instantiating the element is not enough:
>>> print(tostring(E.div("")))
>>> print(tostring(E.div(" ")))
The real solution would be to use the "html" method when writing the tree to
html:
>>> print(tostring(E.div(), method="html"))
TODO: This approach has been active as default value (see disabled line in code
of :func:`tostring`) and I don't remember why we disabled it. I suggest to
re-enable it and test thoroughly whether this causes regressions (and if yes,
why it causes them).
Converting text lines to a paragraph
====================================
The :func:`lines2p` function convert list of text lines into a paragraph
(``
``) with one ``
`` between each line. If optional `min_height` is
given, add empty lines if necessary.
Examples:
>>> from etgen.html import lines2p
>>> print(tostring(lines2p(['first', 'second'])))
first
second
>>> print(tostring(lines2p(['first', 'second'], min_height=5)))
first
second
If `min_height` is specified, and `lines` contains more items,
then we don't truncate:
>>> print(tostring(lines2p(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'], min_height=4)))
a
b
c
d
e
This also works:
>>> print(tostring(lines2p([], min_height=5)))