Re: xsl: preserving spaces preserves only one space?

You are a amazing!  Thanks for the document!  I
figured that I have to set the white-space-collapse
varable to false b/c it is initially set to true. 
Thanks for all your help!!!



--- josh higgins <doopsterus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am sorry.  I am new to xsl (as you can propably
> tell) so I am sorry if I am being a pain.  I am not
> sure how I can tell if the white spaces are still
> around before I get to my fo block.  All that I know
> is that they are present in my xml file. And the
> only
> time they are touched is in my detail template.  How
> can I tell if they are present before I get to my fo
> block?  I added the linefeed-treatment="preserve"
> and
> it did not change anything.  So I guess they are not
> being preserved.  What could be going on?
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
> --- David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > Oh if you know of any good resource to read to
> > become
> > > more firmilar with xsl then please let me know.
> > 
> > 
> > The spec isn't too bad a read, or the faq for this
> > list at
> > www.dpawson.co.uk has some FO entries, and I think
> > DaveP's book text is
> > online there as well.
> > 
> > The section of the spec that I linked to in my
> last
> > reply does say
> > 
> > 
> >       The "white-space-treatment" property
> specifies
> > the treatment
> >       during the refinement process of character
> > flow objects, except
> >       for linefeeds, that are classified as white
> > space in XML. This
> >       includes U+0020 (space) and other white
> space
> > characters but
> >       excludes U+000A (linefeed). Linefeed
> treatment
> > is determined by
> >       the "linefeed-treatment" property.
> > 
> > so if it's linebreaks you are after you need to
> set
> > linefeed-treatment
> > as well.
> > 
> > But first you need to verify that your FO file has
> > the white space that
> > you expect. If the spaces have already gone by
> then,
> > setting properties
> > in the FO won't make them come back.
> > 
> > David
> > 
> >
>
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