Re: XSLT text output - better formatting possible?

Hi Lyn,

"Lyn K. Finman" wrote:
> 
> I'm working on a project that is attempting to incorporate XML into a
> large C++ application.  

I use XSLT to make Java code from XML. Not sure if this is what you
want, but you could declare some entities to produce intended output:

<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
<!ENTITY tab "<xsl:text>    </xsl:text>"> <!-- Tab -->
<!ENTITY tab2 "<xsl:text>        </xsl:text>"> <!-- Two Tabs -->
<!ENTITY tab3 "<xsl:text>            </xsl:text>"> <!-- Three Tabs -->
<!ENTITY tab4 "<xsl:text>                </xsl:text>"> <!-- Four Tabs
-->
<!ENTITY n "<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>"> <!-- New Line -->
<!ENTITY n2 "<xsl:text>

</xsl:text>"> <!-- Two new Lines -->
<!ENTITY n3 "<xsl:text>


</xsl:text>"> <!-- Three new Lines -->
<!ENTITY space "<xsl:text> </xsl:text>"> <!-- Space -->
<!ENTITY e "<xsl:text/>"> 
]>

So you can write something like

    &n;&tab;public static void main (String args[])&n;
    &tab;{&n;
    &tab2;// test&n;
    &tab;}&n2;

in your stylesheet. Of course piping the output throug a formatter would
also do the job, but I prefer to get a formatted output directly.

Have fun,

Juergen

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