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Subject: RE: [xsl] Whitespace around comments From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:26:56 +0100 |
In XSLT 1.0, with <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes">, you are pretty much at the mercy of the implementation. If you care about whitespace, don't use indentation. XSLT 2.0 is stricter, but it still says nothing about this case - implementations can insert whitespace between a comment node and a start or end tag, though they are advised against it if the content model is known to be mixed. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Anderson, Paul [mailto:Paul.Anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 09 October 2007 00:13 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Whitespace around comments > > Greetings All, > > I'm having some trouble convincing my XSL code to make a > comment an inline structure rather than starting a new line > with the start of the comment. Here is the template doing the work: > > <xsl:template name="bold"> > <xsl:variable name="content"> > <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)"/> </xsl:variable> > <xsl:choose> > <xsl:when test="contains(.,'>')"><menu><xsl:call-template > name="parsemenu"/></menu></xsl:when> > <xsl:when test="$content = 'OK' or $content = > 'Cancel'"><gui><xsl:apply-templates/></gui></xsl:when> > > <xsl:otherwise><b><xsl:apply-templates/></b><xsl:comment>Comme > nt text here.</xsl:comment></xsl:otherwise> > </xsl:choose> > </xsl:choose> > </xsl:template> > > In the output, I'm seeing the following (as an example): > > <para>All Probes in the load-sharing setup must be assigned > the same value for <b>Segment Name</b> <!--Comment text > here.-->.</para> > > The newline after the </b> tag introduces whitespace between > the bolded word "Name" and the following period. This is a > bad thing. I cannot figure out how the newline is getting in > between the </b> end tag and the start of the comment. The > only thing I can think of is that it is caused by > indent="yes" on the output element for this stylesheet. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Paul > The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named > addressee only. It contains information that may be > confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an > authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose > it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify > us immediately and then destroy it.
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