RE: method='text' ... whitespace problems

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Subject: RE: method='text' ... whitespace problems
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:00:46 -0500

At 2002-11-19 10:31 +0000, DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Ken said:
> When I parameterize my text-output exercise files for the
> operating system,
> I centralize the newline definition as follows:
>
>    <!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [<!ENTITY nl "&#xd;&#xa;">]>
>
> and then use <xsl:text>&nl;</xsl:text> in my stylesheet.

Mmm. Its the embedding within <xsl:text> that I missed.

Actually, not quite ... it is the use of the character entities that was critically important. They aren't bare linefeeds or end-of-line sequences.

I could have used:

<!ENTITY nl "<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>">

.. but then I lose the flexibility to do:

<xsl:text>Line 1&nl;Line 2&nl;Line 3&nl;&nl;</xsl:text>

I was only passing on what my own practice was in this area. I wanted the flexibility by not having included any XSLT in the entity.

................... Ken


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RE: method='text' ... whitespace problems, (continued)
- DPawson - Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:24:05 -0500 (EST)
  - Michael Kay - Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:30:42 -0500 (EST)
- DPawson - Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:27:22 -0500 (EST)
  - David Carlisle - Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:58:05 -0500 (EST)
  - G. Ken Holman - Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:56:56 -0500 (EST) <=
- DPawson - Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:32:14 -0500 (EST)
- DPawson - Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:26:26 -0500 (EST)
  - David Carlisle - Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:55:11 -0500 (EST)

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