Re: links with JADE RTF

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:53 98/05/05 +0000, Michael Schopen wrote:
>I am trying to set up hypertext links in RTF files produced with 
>JADE. The following SGML file 
>...
>But, there is always an extra blank at the start of the link in the 
>RTF file.

When I run the above test (thanks for including a complete test!), I do not
get the space at the beginning of the line that you describe.

When I want to look deeper, I often use the flow object tree (transcript
below), and it reveals no extra spaces there either.  It is a handy
diagnostic tool.

>I am not sure whether this is problem of the JADE RTF backend or of
>WinWord 97. Any help?

Can you think of anything in your environment that may be different?

......... Ken


T:\FTEMP>type test.dsl
<!doctype style-sheet PUBLIC "-//James Clark//DTD DSSSL Style
Sheet//EN" >

(element TEST
 (make simple-page-sequence
       top-margin: 1.25cm
       bottom-margin: 1.5cm
       left-margin: 1cm
       right-margin: 1cm
       input-whitespace-treatment: 'collapse
       quadding: 'start
       (process-children)))


(element anchor
  (make paragraph
    (process-children)))

(element link
  (make paragraph
  (make link
    destination: (idref-address (attribute-string "TO")))))

T:\FTEMP>type test.sgm
<!DOCTYPE test [
<!ELEMENT test - - (anchor+, link+) >
<!ELEMENT anchor - - (#PCDATA) >
<!ATTLIST anchor id ID #REQUIRED >
<!ELEMENT link - - (#PCDATA) >
<!ATTLIST link to IDREF #REQUIRED >
]>
<test>
<anchor id="a1">That's anchor 1.</anchor>
<anchor id="a2">And that's anchor 2.</anchor>
<link to="a1">That's a link to anchor 1 ...</link>
<link to ="a2">And that's a link to anchor 2 ...</link>
</test>


T:\FTEMP>jade -c p:\jade\jadecurr\catalog test.sgm

T:\FTEMP>type test.fot
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<fot>
<simple-page-sequence top-margin="35.433pt" bottom-margin="42.519pt"
left-margin="28.346pt" right-margin="28.346pt"
input-whitespace-treatment="collapse" quadding="start">
<paragraph>
<a name="0"/>
<a name="A1"/>
<text>That's anchor 1.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph>
<a name="A2"/>
<text>And that's anchor 2.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph>
<link destination="A1">
<a name="3"/>
<text>That's a link to anchor 1 ...</text>
</link>
</paragraph>
<paragraph>
<link destination="A2">
<a name="4"/>
<text>And that's a link to anchor 2 ...</text>
</link>
</paragraph>
</simple-page-sequence>
</fot>

T:\FTEMP>



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