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At 11:05 AM 6/17/2002, David wrote:
This answer is the best, I think.
The problem with normalizing space on all text nodes is that it turns
Into
<TITLE>This is<S>not</S>a normal title</TITLE>
which won't do.
The alternative to David's translate() -- thinkable in some situations, and having the virtue of collapsing runs of spaces -- is to normalize, then put back spaces around inline elements like <S> above. The problem with this technique is knowing when to put them back and when not to: sometimes the heuristics can get pretty hairy, and sometimes (for example if you're using subscripts to do things like H<sub>2</sub>O) impossible.
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Re: [xsl] normalize-space(me)
Subject: Re: [xsl] normalize-space(me) From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:00:27 -0400 |
At 11:05 AM 6/17/2002, David wrote:
I think you just want <xsl:template match="*"/> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text()"> <xsl:value-of select="translate(.', ,	', ')"/> </xsl:template>
This answer is the best, I think.
The problem with normalizing space on all text nodes is that it turns
<TITLE>This is <S>not</S> a normal title</TITLE>
Into
<TITLE>This is<S>not</S>a normal title</TITLE>
which won't do.
The alternative to David's translate() -- thinkable in some situations, and having the virtue of collapsing runs of spaces -- is to normalize, then put back spaces around inline elements like <S> above. The problem with this technique is knowing when to put them back and when not to: sometimes the heuristics can get pretty hairy, and sometimes (for example if you're using subscripts to do things like H<sub>2</sub>O) impossible.
Cheers, Wendell
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