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Re: [xsl] Text file Indentation

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from my experience each parser is different with respect to how it handles
indentation. Also not to mention that indentation, within the XSLT spec, is
scant at best.

I would suggest using something like HTML tidy ( www.w3.org ) as a post
processing step.

chow, jim fuller

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yoav Broudo" <yoav@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Xsl-List (E-mail)" <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:45 AM
Subject: [xsl] Text file Indentation


> Hi,
> I am outputting my XSL as text and I need to Indent is as the example
bellow.
> How can I achieve Indentation in a Text format.
> I am trying to use the <xsl:output method="text" indent="yes"/> but it
seems like the parser
> ignore the Indent keyword.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Yoav
>
>
> I am using the following XSL:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:output method="text" indent="yes"/>
> <xsl:template match="USER">
> <document>
> Hi <xsl:value-of select="@USER_NAME"/>&#xA; <!-- CR -->
> We have the following postings....
> &#xA; <!-- CR -->
> <xsl:for-each select="CATEGORY">
> <xsl:number count="CATEGORY"/>. <xsl:value-of select="@TITLE"/>
(http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=<xsl:value-of select="@ID"/>)
> <xsl:for-each select="CONTENT_ITEM">
> <xsl:number count="CONTENT_ITEM" format="a"/>. <xsl:value-of
select="@TITLE"/> (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=<xsl:value-of
select="@ID"/>)
> </xsl:for-each>&#xA; <!-- CR -->
> </xsl:for-each>
> Regardsss
> Administrator
> </document>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> The Output should look like:
>
> Hi Joe
>
> We have the following postings...
>
>  1. Post A (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=1)
> a. Subject A (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=1)
>
>  2. Post B (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=5)
> a. Subject B (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=45)
> b. Subject D (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=10)
> c. Subject F (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=11)
> d. Subject G (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=12)
>
>  3. Post C (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=6)
> a. Subject A (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=13)
> b. Subject C (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=15)
> c. Subject E (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=16)
>
>  4. Post D (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?id=7)
> a. Subject D (http://mysite.com/document.aspx?document=14)
>
>
> Regardsss
> MFA Administrator
>
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>


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