Re: [xsl] white space prob

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yan,

You're in trouble. An XML parser will normalize space in attributes; this 
will prevent you from getting what you want. Check out the XML Rec, section 
3.3.3. The bottom line is, that your carriage returns will be replaced with 
spaces ( ). The XSL Processor never even gets to see the line feed 
character, much less preserve it.

It's the first time I've ever seen this requirement of attribute values, 
though ... this is why there's xml:space for text content of elements.

Tortuous workarounds are possible, but they involve pre- and 
post-processing your data with a non-XML-aware processor such as a Perl 
script or such like.

Sorry,
Wendell

At 03:15 PM 10/17/01, you wrote:
> I have a tag with an attribute like this:
> <tagX
> col1="a.  Here are some additional info:
>
>         (i)   some info X.
>         (ii)  some info Y.
>         (iii) some info Z.
>
>       b.  Here is the second part info.">
>
> I want to transform this into:
> <col1>
> a.  Here are some additional info:
>
>         (i)   some info X.
>         (ii)  some info Y.
>         (iii) some info Z.
>
>  b.  Here is the second part info.
> </col1>
>
> I want to keep all white space just like before.  Or
> do I need escaping for white space and new line?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Yan


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