Re: XSL and White Space help PLEASE

This "roundabout" way is only necessary if your output is using (or your
browser assuming/enforcing) an encoding where 0x0A isn't a non-breaking
space. The real solution is to fix that encoding problem, then the
disable-output-escaping kludge isn't needed.

But what does belong in the FAQ over this white-space issue is a basic
point of technique. People who are outputting to html and having white
space preservation problems should mock up the output they are aiming
for *in html first* and try the result in a browser. You can tweak your
xml and your xslt till you're blue in the face, but if the resulting
html puts the white space you're hoping  to see in places where a
browser is allowed or required to ignore or mimise it, your efforts will
be wasted.

Michael
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Michael Beddow
http://www.mbeddow.net/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Piers Haken" <piersh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 10:19 AM
Subject: RE:  XSL and White Space help PLEASE


> Use:
>
> <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&nbsp;</xsl:text>
>
> It seems a really round-about way of doing a simple, common task,
> doesn't it?
>
> Piers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gutti, Sridhara [mailto:sgutti@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 7:49 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: tweather@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE:  XSL and White Space help PLEASE
>
>
> This seems to work but it's outputting this character instead of a
white
> space.. A
> Am i missing some, thanks for your help..
> ~sri
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theodore Weatherly [mailto:tweather@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 9:35 PM
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE:  XSL and White Space help PLEASE
>
>
> Space (using disable-output-escaping) should work, even in a table.
You
> can try using nsbp (#160) chars:
>
> <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test="@AISLE">
>     <font size="3" color="#000000">
>     <i><xsl:text>&#160;Aisle:&#160;</xsl:text></i><xsl:value-of
> select="@AISLE"/>
>     </font>
>   </xsl:when>
> </xsl:choose>
>
> Hope that helps
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gutti, Sridhara [mailto:sgutti@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 7:27 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE:  XSL and White Space help PLEASE
>
>
> I tried but it is not working, does it matter if I'm putting this in a
> table?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theodore Weatherly [mailto:tweather@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 9:13 PM
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE:  XSL and White Space help PLEASE
>
>
> Shridhar,
>
> Try:
>
> <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"> </xsl:text>
>
> This seems like something that should be in the XSL FAQ.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gutti, Sridhara [mailto:sgutti@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 7:07 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  XSL and White Space help PLEASE
>
>
>
> Folks,
>
> I'm trying to insert a white space using XSL, but I don't seem to get
it
> working, I'm using msxml3.0 and
> I Tried the following..
>
> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> and also
> <xsl:text>&#32</xsl:text>
>
>
> Niether of those is working, can you guys help me please.. I just want
> to insert a space in the following example...
>
> thanks, sridhar.
>
>
>
> <xsl:choose>
>            <xsl:when test="@AISLE">
>            <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>             <font size="3" color="#000000">
>               <i><xsl:text> Aisle: </xsl:text></i><xsl:value-of
> select="@AISLE"/>
>             </font>
>            </xsl:when>
>  </xsl:choose>
>
>    <xsl:choose>
>            <xsl:when test="@BAY_NUM">
>            <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>             <font size="3" color="#000000">
>               <i><xsl:text> BayNum: </xsl:text></i><xsl:value-of
> select="@BAY_NUM"/>
>             </font>
>            </xsl:when>
>      </xsl:choose>
>
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