Re: [xsl] spacing issues when working with the Saxon processor with Stylus

Subject: Re: [xsl] spacing issues when working with the Saxon processor with Stylus
From: Spencer Tickner <spencertickner@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:40:07 -0800
Hi guys,

Just for an update, Michael's suggestion worked great (thank you), and
Tony thanks for the advice. I was running release 2, thanks for the
heads up, I'll upgrade my version right away.

Cheers,

Spencer

On 7/20/05, Spencer Tickner <spencertickner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi guys, thanks for the comments.
>
> Unfortunately I have the day off work so I cannot check my version of
> Saxon on Stylus, but I will do so tommorow. I'll also give Michael
> Kay's suggestion a shot. In reference to the URI it's an indexed ID,
> referenced through our content manager.
>
> So sorry about the delay but I'll post back tommorow.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Spencer
>
> On 7/19/05, Tony Lavinio <xml1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What release are you on?  The current release of Stylus Studio,
> > which is Stylus Studio 6 Release 3, does in fact include Saxon 8.4.
> > You can update your copy at http://www.stylusstudio.com/update/
> > Free support is also available at http://www.stylusstudio.com/SSDN/
> >
> > On 07-18-2005 10:22 PM, Michael Kay wrote:
> >
> > > I think that the Saxon version packaged with Stylus is a release or two
> > > behind the latest. The XSLT 2.0 spec has changed in this area to remove
the
> > > usability problem that you're hitting, and Saxon has changed with it.
> > >
> > > Simplest fix is to change this:
> > >
> > > <xsl:element
> > >
> > >>name="a"><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:text>#!--
> > >>#ID:</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(translate(tlc, '
> > >>', ''))"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text>--#</xsl:attribute>Table of
> > >>Legislative Changes.</xsl:element>
> > >
> > >
> > > to this:
> > >
> > > <a href="#!-- #ID:{normalize-space(translate(tlc, ' ', ''))} --#">Table
of
> > > Legislative Changes.</a>
> > >
> > > (though note that if you're generating HTML, the value of the href
attribute
> > > is required to be a URI, and this is anything but!).
> > >
> > > Michael Kay
> > > http://www.saxonica.com/
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: Spencer Tickner [mailto:spencertickner@xxxxxxxxx]
> > >>Sent: 18 July 2005 18:27
> > >>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>Subject: [xsl] spacing issues when working with the Saxon
> > >>processor with Stylus
> > >>
> > >>Hi everyone,
> > >>
> > >>I am having difficulty with a spacing issue in a link. I've been able
> > >>to recreate the problem with a stripped down verision of my stylesheet
> > >>and xml:
> > >>
> > >>XSLT
> > >>
> > >><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > >><xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
> > >>xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> > >>      <xsl:output method="html" indent="no" omit-xml-declaration="yes"
> > >>encoding="ISO-8859-1" name="html"/>
> > >>      <xsl:strip-space elements="tlc"/>
> > >>
> > >><xsl:template match="/">
> > >>                      <xsl:apply-templates/>
> > >></xsl:template>
> > >>
> > >><xsl:template match="currency">
> > >>      <html>
> > >>              <body>
> > >>              <table>
> > >>              <xsl:if test="/descendant::tlc">
> > >>                      <tr>
> > >>                              <td colspan="4"
> > >>class="tabletext">This Act has &quot;Not in
> > >>Force&quot; sections. <em>See</em> the <xsl:element
> > >>name="a"><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:text>#!--
> > >>#ID:</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(translate(tlc, '
> > >>', ''))"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text>--#</xsl:attribute>Table of
> > >>Legislative Changes.</xsl:element></td>
> > >>                      </tr>
> > >>              </xsl:if>
> > >>              </table>
> > >>              </body>
> > >>      </html>
> > >></xsl:template>
> > >></xsl:stylesheet>
> > >>
> > >>XML:
> > >>
> > >><?xml version="1.0"?>
> > >><currency>
> > >> <tlc>E2tlc96159</tlc>
> > >></currency>
> > >>
> > >>Results:
> > >>
> > >><html><body><table><tr><td colspan="4" class="tabletext">This Act has
> > >>"Not in Force" sections. <em>See</em> the <a href="#!-- #ID:
> > >>E2tlc96159   --#">Table of Legislative
> > >>Changes.</a></td></tr></table></body></html>
> > >>
> > >>The problem is the link,,
> > >>
> > >><a href="#!-- #ID: E2tlc96159   --#">
> > >>
> > >>should be,
> > >>
> > >><a href="#!-- #ID:E2tlc96159  --#">
> > >>
> > >>If you can't make it out in the email there should be 1 less space
> > >>after the final "9" before the dash, and no space between the "ID:"
> > >>and the "E"..
> > >>
> > >>Any thoughts would really help me out.
> > >>
> > >>Spencer
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> > Tony Lavinio
> > Stylus Studio Principal Software Architect
> > http://www.stylusstudio.com/

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