RE:   vs  

  is Unicode and ISO 8859-1 for non-breaking space. In HTML most of us
are accustomed to using  , but to use this reference in XML, you have
to declare it in a DTD, such as in an internal subset:

<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
<!ENTITY nbsp "#160">
]>


You have options. How you use these -- &#160;, &nbsp;, &#xa0; and your
$space -- is often a matter of taste. I usually go with what will take the
fewest keystrokes over time.

See also http://dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/nbsp.html.

Good luck,

-Mike Fitzgerald


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alan Alda
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:28 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  &#xA0; vs &#160;


Hi all,

I am using &#160; in my sheets to insert a whitespace-
however, in Michael Kay's excellent book, I came
across &#xA0. They look like they do the same thing,
but which is a more standard way of inserting an
&nbsp; in the resulting HTML?

Also, do you think doing the following approach is
better than the previous ones?

<xsl:variable name="space">
<xsl:value-of select=" ' ' " />
</xsl:variable>

Now use $space to insert up to one space character in
the resulting HTML.

I know this is not a very serious issue (meaning my
implementation does not depend very heavily on the
resolution of this issue) but any guidance will be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Cheers,
Alan.



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