Add ignoreEmptyParagraphs option

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/document-to-html.js b/lib/document-to-html.js
index e9d35b9..220ae2b 100644
--- a/lib/document-to-html.js
+++ b/lib/document-to-html.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-var promises = require("./promises");
 var async = require("async");
+var _ = require("underscore");
 
+var promises = require("./promises");
 var documents = require("./documents");
 var htmlPaths = require("./html-paths");
 var HtmlGenerator = require("./html-generator").HtmlGenerator;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ function DocumentConversion(options) {
     
     var noteReferences = [];
     
-    options = options || {};
+    options = _.extend({ignoreEmptyParagraphs: true}, options);
     var idPrefix = options.idPrefix === undefined ?
         Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000000000000) :
         options.idPrefix;
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ function DocumentConversion(options) {
     
     function convertParagraph(element, html, messages, callback) {
         html.satisfyPath(styleForParagraph(element, messages));
+        
+        if (!options.ignoreEmptyParagraphs) {
+            html.writeAll();
+        }
+        
         setImmediate(function() {
             convertElements(element.children, html, messages, callback);
         });
diff --git a/lib/html-generator.js b/lib/html-generator.js
index be1ebd2..a071a5e 100644
--- a/lib/html-generator.js
+++ b/lib/html-generator.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ function HtmlGenerator(options) {
         open: open,
         close: close,
         closeAll: closeAll,
+        writeAll: writeAll,
         asString: asString,
         append: append,
         selfClosing: selfClosing