Hello,
I have a problem with whitespace in mixed content to which I cannot find
the solution. I am hoping that one of you can help me.
Due to imprudent use of indent="yes" on <xsl:output>, the whitespace in
the mixed-content elements of my data got messed up. I'll best explain
the problem with an example.
The following original data
<text><i>Italicized</i> normal <i>italicized</i> <b>bold</b>
<i><b>italicized and bold</b></i>.</text>
now looks like this:
<text>
<i>Italicized</i> normal <i>italicized</i>
<b>bold</b>
<i>
<b>italicized and bold</b>
</i>.</text>
I have found out how to avoid the indentation in mixed-content elements
in the future, namely by using saxon:suppress-indentation. My question
is how I can return the modified data back to its original form, i.e.,
reverse the indentation. The task can be formulated thus: In <text>
elements, whitespace-only text nodes that are situated between two start
tags should be eliminated, while whitespace-only text nodes that are
situated between an end tag and a start tag should be replaced by a
single space. How can that be done?
I know that I can select whitespace-only text nodes with
test="matches(.,'^\s+$')". But how can I test whether the preceding tag
is a start tag or an end tag?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Wolfhart