Re: spacing issue

  space in the brakets due to a carriage return I just cannot get rid
  of:
   

In this case the end of line is one that you are inserting explictly, so
the solution is easy, just don't insert it.

<p class="para">(
       <insert>

That inserts a text node that consists of a bracket, a newline and seven
spaces into the result tree.

If you only want a bracket do


<p class="para">(<insert>

or

<p class="para">
  <xsl:text>(</xsl:text>
  <insert>


David



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