Subject: RE: [xsl] Result still indented despite indent="no" From: Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 04:32:46 -0800 (PST) |
Sorry Mr. Holman, I have still not responded to your long mail (http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200502/msg01063.html). You have raised many important points. I am studying MSXSL behaviour, and would respond soon! Regards, Mukul --- "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 2005-02-21 02:59 -0800, Mukul Gandhi wrote: > >But MSXSL strips whitespace only text nodes in > absence > >of strip-space and preserve-space instructions.. > > Oh, I'm glad you could find something to refute the > evidence ... could you > please show me in your experimentation how MSXSL > does not strip white-space > text nodes in the presence of an xsl:preserve-space > instructions? > > I posted last night that I was not able to get MSXSL > to preserve > white-space text nodes even when using > xsl:preserve-space: > > > http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200502/msg01063.html > > ... so I would like to compare my results to your > stated conclusion. > > At 2005-02-21 00:21 -0800, Mukul Gandhi wrote: > >This is a very reasonable implementation. > >Whitespace-only text nodes are not of much use to a > >application! > > Please review my post cited above for a real-world > example of why my > customers and I need white-space-only text nodes and > why I am having > problems with my customers' XML data in a Microsoft > IE environment. > > At 2005-02-21 02:59 -0800, Mukul Gandhi wrote: > >As Mr. Ken Holman originally pointed, this is a > >non-conformance.. I also now feel so! > > Indeed ... passing off the "problem" to the XML > Processor in the XSLT > processor does not exonerate the "XSLT > Transformation Environment" from > being non-conformant. I have a publishing problem > in that I've been asked > by my customers to present their data in a > distributed IE browser > environment, and in one case where up to 50,000 > families in one State in > the US are going to be browsing XML results, how can > I give the > presentation that I need for the mixed content? > > >Dimitre said, there is a "preserveWhiteSpace" > >property of IXMLDOMDocument.. But this I feel, is > at > >an API level..., which I feel does not ensure > >conformance on this issue! > > I agree, which prompted my post asking if anyone > knew how to trigger this > in the browser environment. > > I hope this discussion has helped people understand > the issue and answer > the original question posted. > > .......................... Ken > > -- > World-wide on-site corporate, govt. & user group > XML/XSL training. > G. Ken Holman > mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Crane Softwrights Ltd. > http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ > Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 > +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) > Male Breast Cancer Awareness > http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc > Legal business disclaimers: > http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
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