Subject: Re: [xsl] <br>-type template match for FOP From: "J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:29:45 +0100 |
I'm trying to correctly format <br>-type line breaks in FOP. The default template is to match <br> to an empty fo:block:
<xsl:template match="br"> <fo:block/> </xsl:template>
This correctly breaks a line. However, it does nothing for this case: <p>testing <!-- should break line --><br/> <br/><!-- should create blank line--> a blank line. </p>
Actually it creates a blank line. The new line happens to have zero height though.
Where the second <br/> should create a blank line in the rendered output; for that case, a template like:
<xsl:template match="br"> <fo:block> </fo:block> </xsl:template>
works properly; but it inserts a blank line (instead of just a carriage return).
Actually what's wrong with this? You can try a zero width space instead of a non-breaking space (​). Technically speacking, and for the majority of layout orientend output formats, the block forces a line break, rather then inserting a line feed. The latter is a character, the former is a layout action.
In any case, both <br/> and using a block in FO to force a line break is considered bad style, from the viewpoint of pure typography.
<rant> They should never have allowed mixing block FOs with text and inline FOs. </rant>
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