Re: [xsl] Removing unwanted space

["Charles O'Connor coconnor@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ask an ye shall receive. Here's an example from a table (words have been
changed to protect the innocent), though I think Peter's template would work
fine here. However, there are gene names and yeast mating types that use
markup on just parts of terms, and I'm not sure how it would work on them:

                  <td colspan="5" valign="middle">
                     <p>
                        <bold>Curds:</bold> sha la la la la lee</p>
                     <p>
                        <bold>Whey: </bold>here comes the nice</p>
                     <p>
                  </td>

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From: Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, 2021-06-04 at 21:42 +0000, Peter Flynn peter@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> [...]


> Pass all text nodes in mixed content through a template which will
> strip space from the start (if it's the first text node in an element)
> or the end (if it's the last text node in an element) or both (if it
> occurs somewhere else in the element.

Watch out for  input like

<p>The boy<em> splshed </em>through the puddles!</p> and, <p>It was very
un<i>convent</i><b>ion</b>al to have to face a fully- charged nun.</p>


(I admit i didn't try Peter's template on these cases; however, that they are
unusual does not make them unumportant).


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