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 Hi .
Thanks for the answer .
I tried it , but unfortunately it still doesn't work .
See attached XML/XSL files with this change .
Any ideas or comments will be appreciated .
Thanks again ,
Orit .
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Dieno <daved@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: Whitespace problem in IE5
> I think you need an HTML <PRE>...</PRE> block in your output stream...
> I.E.
> <xsl:template match="Spaces">
> <PRE>
> <xsl:eval > getText(this) </xsl:eval>
> </PRE>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
>
> > Hello .
> > Can anybody answer on this question please ?
> > I have a problem with displaying whitespaces for a long time , and asked
> > some times this list about it ,
> > but didn't receive any answer .
> > Any comments will be appreciated .
> > Thanks in advance ,
> > Orit .
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Chanukov Orit <orit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 12:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: Whitespace problem in IE5
> >
> >
> > > Hello .
> > >
> > > I'm transforming XML to HTML via XSL using IE5 too .
> > > I put there Dave's solution with <xsl:script>, but it still strips the
> > > whitespace.
> > > Could You please look on my XML/XSL test files ?
> > > What wrong here ?
> > >
> > > XML :
> > >
> > > <?xml version='1.0'?>
> > > <?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="spaces1.xsl"
> > xml:space="preserve"?>
> > > <Screen >
> > > <Spaces xml:space="preserve"> </Spaces>
> > > <Field >This text should be shown with offset 20</Field>
> > > </Screen>
> > >
> > >
> > > XSL :
> > >
> > > <?xml version='1.0'?>
> > > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
> > > <xsl:template match="/">
> > > <HTML xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
> > > <BODY xml:space="preserve" >
> > > <xsl:apply-templates select="Screen"/>
> > > </BODY>
> > > </HTML>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > <xsl:script><![CDATA[
> > > function getText(e) {
> > > return (e.text);
> > > }
> > > ]]></xsl:script>
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="Screen">
> > > <xsl:apply-templates />
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="Field">
> > > <xsl:apply-templates />
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="text()"><xsl:value-of /></xsl:template>
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="Spaces">
> > > <xsl:eval > getText(this) </xsl:eval>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks ,
> > > Orit .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Dave Dieno <daved@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 7:14 PM
> > > Subject: RE: Whitespace problem in IE5
> > >
> > >
> > > > FYI:
> > > >
> > > > I managed to work around the problem in IE5 with some help from MSDN
> > (see
> > > > Controlling Whitespace :
> > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/xslguide/xsl-whitespace.asp ).
> > > >
> > > > If you want to preserve the whitespace in your source document you
> > have
> > to
> > > > specify the following attribute for those source document elements
> > with
> > > > whitespace, for example:
> > > >
> > > > <sourceline xml:space="preserve">
> > > >
> > > > This passes the whitespace through to the stylesheet.
> > > >
> > > > However, it seems that in IE5 the <xsl:value-of> element strips the
> > > leading
> > > > whitespace. When I looked at the text value of the <sourceline>
node
> > > using
> > > > Jscript and the DOM I found a workaround.
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:template match="sourceline">
> > > > <xsl:eval> getText(this) </xsl:eval>
> > > > </xsl:template>
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:script><![CDATA[
> > > > function getText(e) {
> > > > return (e.text);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Not very elegant, but it works :)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I haven't tried this, but I seem to remember its coming up before.
> > If
> > I
> > > > > recall, the solution is to use an <xsl:text> element to force the
> > > spaces.
> > > > > Something like:
> > > > >
> > > > > <PRE><xsl:text> </xsl:text>Indented text</PRE>
> > > > >
> > > > > Worst case would be to use entity references for non-breaking
> > spaces.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope that helps,
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > > > > At 09:12 PM 05/19/1999 -0700, Dave Dieno wrote:
> > > > > >Yes, the HTML is placed in a <PRE> section... sorry, I should
have
> > > > > included
> > > > > >the XSL template:
> > > > > >
> > > > > ><xsl:template match="sourceline">
> > > > > > <PRE STYLE="font-family:monospace">
> > > > > > <xsl:value-of />
> > > > > > </PRE>
> > > > > ></xsl:template>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I've also considered (but not tried) using the DTD approach I.E.
> > > > > <!ATTLIST
> > > > > >sourceline xml:space="preserve"> however I'm trying not to use a
> > DTD
> > > for
> > > > > >this project :)
> > > > > >Dave
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Steve Dahl wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> When you generate the HTML, do you put these text lines inside
a
> > > <PRE>
> > > > > >> section?
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> XML's specifications control how XML is treated, but not how
HTML
> > is
> > > > > >> treated--HTML strips preceding and following whitespace unless
> > the
> > > text
> > > > > is
> > > > > >> in
> > > > > >> a <PRE>, and does not pay attention to xml:space.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Dave Dieno wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> > I'm transforming XML to HTML via XSL using IE5.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > I've got an XML element for which I would like to preserve
the
> > > > > >> whitespace
> > > > > >> > upon output to HTML.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > For example, I'd like the following XML fragment:
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > <codelisting>
> > > > > >> > <sourceline>
> > > > > >> > if ( x == "testcase") {
> > > > > >> > </sourceline>
> > > > > >> > <sourceline>
> > > > > >> > o.method(x);
> > > > > >> > </sourceline>
> > > > > >> > <sourceline>
> > > > > >> > }
> > > > > >> > </sourceline>
> > > > > >> > </codelisting>
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Viewed in the browser as:
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > if ( x == "testcase") {
> > > > > >> > o.method(x);
> > > > > >> > }
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > My output font is monospaced, and I've tried using both the
> > > > > stylesheet
> > > > > >> > attribute:
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > <xsl:stylesheet default-space="preserve"> and the element
> > > attribute:
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > <sourceline xml:space="preserve">.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > What I get is:
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > if ( x == "testcase") {
> > > > > >> > o.method(x);
> > > > > >> > }
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > While the whitespace within a line is preserved, all of the
> > leading
> > > > > >> > whitespace characters (spaces and tabs) are removed :(
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Any ideas?
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Thanks,
> > > > > >> > Dave Dieno
> > > > > >> > Aeroinfo Systems Inc.
> > > > > >> > http://www.aeroinfo.com
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > XSL-List info and archive:
> > > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> --
> > > > > >> - Steve Dahl
> > > > > >> sdahl@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >
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<?xml version='1.0'?> <?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="spaces1.xsl" xml:space="preserve"?> <Screen > <Spaces xml:space="preserve"> </Spaces> <Field colr="2">This text should be shown with offset 20</Field> </Screen> <?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
<xsl:template match="/">
<HTML xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
<BODY xml:space="preserve" >
<xsl:apply-templates select="Screen"/>
</BODY>
</HTML>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:script><![CDATA[
function getText(e) {
return (e.text);
}
]]></xsl:script>
<xsl:template match="Screen">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Field">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text()"><xsl:value-of /></xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Spaces">
<PRE ><xsl:eval > getText(this) </xsl:eval></PRE>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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