RE: xmllint -format, xsltproc and CDATA section

I don't understand. Why are you using a program (xmllint) that adds
whitespace to your XML if you don't want whitespace added to your XML?

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taro Ikai
> Sent: 27 August 2003 20:42
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  xmllint -format, xsltproc and CDATA section
> 
> 
> Given:
> 
>     <programlisting><![CDATA[int i;]]></programlisting>
> 
> xmllint -format translates it a multi-line block as follows:
> 
>     <programlisting>
> <![CDATA[int i;]]>
>     </programlisting>
> 
> xsltproc, with <xsl:output method="xml" 
> cdata-section-elements="programlisting"/>, translates this to:
> 
>          <programlisting><![CDATA[
> TO_DATE (:fieldname, 'format')
>       ]]></programlisting>
> 
> The net result is that formatting by xmllint and XSLT is not 
> 'closed'. 
> Everytime I run the combination of xmllint -format and XSLT, 
> the CDATA 
> section
> gets longer by two lines (one line at the beginning and one 
> line at the 
> end).
> 
> Is there a way to get around this?
> 
> Taro Ikai
> 
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