Re: Text file Indentation

from my experience each parser is different with respect to how it handles
indentation. Also not to mention that indentation, within the XSLT spec, is
scant at best.

I would suggest using something like HTML tidy ( www.w3.org ) as a post
processing step.

chow, jim fuller

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yoav Broudo" <yoav@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Xsl-List (E-mail)" <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:45 AM
Subject:  Text file Indentation


> Hi,
> I am outputting my XSL as text and I need to Indent is as the example
bellow.
> How can I achieve Indentation in a Text format.
> I am trying to use the <xsl:output method="text" indent="yes"/> but it
seems like the parser
> ignore the Indent keyword.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Yoav
>
>
> I am using the following XSL:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:output method="text" indent="yes"/>
> <xsl:template match="USER">
> <document>
> Hi <xsl:value-of select="@USER_NAME"/>&#xA; <!-- CR -->
> We have the following postings....
> &#xA; <!-- CR -->
> <xsl:for-each select="CATEGORY">
> <xsl:number count="CATEGORY"/>. <xsl:value-of select="@TITLE"/>
(http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=<xsl:value-of select="@ID"/>)
> <xsl:for-each select="CONTENT_ITEM">
> <xsl:number count="CONTENT_ITEM" format="a"/>. <xsl:value-of
select="@TITLE"/> (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=<xsl:value-of
select="@ID"/>)
> </xsl:for-each>&#xA; <!-- CR -->
> </xsl:for-each>
> Regardsss
> Administrator
> </document>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> The Output should look like:
>
> Hi Joe
>
> We have the following postings...
>
>  1. Post A (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=1)
> a. Subject A (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=1)
>
>  2. Post B (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=5)
> a. Subject B (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=45)
> b. Subject D (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=10)
> c. Subject F (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=11)
> d. Subject G (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=12)
>
>  3. Post C (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=6)
> a. Subject A (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=13)
> b. Subject C (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=15)
> c. Subject E (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=16)
>
>  4. Post D (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=7)
> a. Subject D (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=14)
>
>
> Regardsss
> MFA Administrator
>
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