+The function
+.Fn html_make_id
+takes a node containing one or more text children
+and returns a newly allocated string containing the concatenation
+of the child strings, with blanks replaced by underscores.
+If the node
+.Fa n
+contains any non-text child node,
+.Fn html_make_id
+returns
+.Dv NULL
+instead.
+The caller is responsible for freeing the returned string.
+.Pp
+The function
+.Fn html_strlen
+counts the number of characters in
+.Fa cp .
+It is used as a crude estimate of the width needed to display a string.
+.Pp