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## SGML Comments

Usually there should be no need to use sgml-comments, so why not remove them at all? You can perform this by enabling the switch when invoking <hsc>.

Because of the numerous problems sgml-comments cause, you better use hsc-comments anyway (see there also for a discussion of these problems).

## Specific Tags

..can be passed to the option , separated by a <vbar>. For example, to remove all physical styles, use `STRIPTAG="B|I|U|TT"` when invoking <hsc>.

You can't strip tags, which have the tag modifier `/SPECIAL` set. But this only concerns the <TG>!</TG>-tag (use the above switch instead) and some of <hsc>'s internal tags, which you should not strip anyway.

## Tags With External References

These can be removed if you want to create a No-Net-version of your document. Use the switch for this task. Tags which are affected by this must have an URI-type attribute, which has the attribute modifier `/STRIPEXT` set within <hsc.prefs>.

Currently, this affects only the tags <TG>A</TG>, <TG>IMG</TG> and <TG>LINK</TG>. This can be useful if you want to create a <QQ>no-net-version</qq> of your documents.

## Unneeded Linefeeds And White Spaces

These can be removed, if you heavy use them to structure your source, but don't want to waste bandwidth for them. You only need to enable the switch .

If now someone performs a <qq>View Source</qq> on your HTML object,it will be less readable for him, but browsers won't care and display it the same way. For example,

<$source PRE> This is a complete waste of space... will turn into <$source PRE> This is a complete waste of space... In particular, <hsc> does:

- replace tabs by a single blank
- replace multiple blanks by a single one
- replace multiple linefeeds by a single one
- remove blanks preceeding a linefeed
- remove blanks at beginning of line

Linefeeds and white spaces inside a tag call are also affected by this option. The tag <TG>PRE</TG> temporarily suppresses this option, until a <TG>/PRE</TG> occures.