RE: Line Breaking for Text

Try this :-)
--Raj..

		<!-- formatting the text -->
	<xsl:template name="format">
		<xsl:param name="txt"/>
		<xsl:param name="width"/>
		<xsl:if test="$txt">
			<xsl:variable name="real-width">
				<xsl:call-template name="tune-width">
					<xsl:with-param select="$txt"
name="txt"/>
					<xsl:with-param select="$width"
name="width"/>
					<xsl:with-param select="$width"
name="def"/>
				</xsl:call-template>
			</xsl:variable>
			<xsl:value-of select="substring($txt, 1,
$real-width)"/>
			<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
			<xsl:call-template name="format">
				<xsl:with-param
select="substring($txt,$real-width + 1)" name="txt"/>
				<xsl:with-param select="$width"
name="width"/>
			</xsl:call-template>
		</xsl:if>
	</xsl:template>
	<xsl:template name="tune-width">
		<xsl:param name="txt"/>
		<xsl:param name="width"/>
		<xsl:param name="def"/>
		<xsl:choose>
			<xsl:when test="$width = 0">
				<xsl:value-of select="$def"/>
			</xsl:when>
			<xsl:otherwise>
				<xsl:choose>
					<xsl:when test="substring($txt,
$width, 1 ) = ' ' or '\n'">
						<xsl:value-of
select="$width"/>
					</xsl:when>
					<xsl:otherwise>
						<xsl:call-template
name="tune-width">
							<xsl:with-param
select="$txt" name="txt"/>
							<xsl:with-param
select="$width - 1" name="width"/>
							<xsl:with-param
select="$def" name="def"/>
						</xsl:call-template>
					</xsl:otherwise>
				</xsl:choose>
			</xsl:otherwise>
		</xsl:choose>
	</xsl:template>



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Christopher R. Gardner [SMTP:crgardner@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Saturday, December 15, 2001 6:19 PM
> To:	XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	 Line Breaking for Text
> 
> I'm searching for a template that will let me break a long line into
> several
> shorter ones.  Specifically,
> 
> * The output is for plain text, not HTML.
> * Each new line not exceed a parameterized breakpoint (e.g., 64
> characters)
> 
> Any suggestions?  Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
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