Re: indenting maps on write

Well, `file:write` isn't going to add any whitespace, it will be some process
prior to that (which you haven't shown us).

To know where the whitespace came from, we need to see more of the process by
which this output was generated.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 2 Apr 2024, at 21:37, Graydon graydon@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello --
>
> I'm in an environment using Saxon-J PE 12.4. I have a large transform
> that I want to have consistently formatted because it goes into version
> control and it vexes my colleagues if there's random whitespace change
> when they're asked to review the actual changes to the transform.
>
> This transform is automatically updated with metadata when it passes
> automated testing and the result is serialized, via file:write(), to the
> deployed location on disk.
>
> Mostly this works fine, but this transform contains lots of maps, and
> these come out in a vexing sort of way:
>
>  <xsl:variable name="punctuationNameMap"
>                select="           map {             ',': 'comma',
';': 'semicolon',             ':': 'colon',             '.': 'period'
}"
>                static="yes"/>
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for getting the transform or the
> file:write() to not do that to the white space in the maps?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Graydon
>
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