Subject: Re: [xsl]   vs   From: tcn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Trevor Nash) Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 19:16:46 GMT |
>Hi all, > >I am using   in my sheets to insert a whitespace- >however, in Michael Kay's excellent book, I came >across  . They look like they do the same thing, >but which is a more standard way of inserting an > in the resulting HTML? > They are exactly the same thing, i.e. the non-breaking space character. I get the impression   is used more often, but I would not lose sleep over it. >Also, do you think doing the following approach is >better than the previous ones? > ><xsl:variable name="space"> ><xsl:value-of select=" ' ' " /> ></xsl:variable> > >Now use $space to insert up to one space character in >the resulting HTML. > I hope you don't mean $space as an alternative to   or &#A0;. A space (written ' ' or   or  ) is not the same character as a non-breaking space (written   or &#A0;). The other problem is you can't just say $space (or $nbsp) anywhere you like. You may end up having to put <xsl:value-of select="$space"/>. What you can do is put a DOCTYPE declaration at the top of your stylesheet, and define in it. Then just write instead of  . I'm sure this is in the FAQ somewhere - I'm not going to write it from the top of my head as I'm bound to ge it wrong. >I know this is not a very serious issue (meaning my >implementation does not depend very heavily on the >resolution of this issue) but any guidance will be >greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, >Cheers, >Alan. > -- Traditional training & distance learning, Consultancy by email Melvaig Software Engineering Limited voice: +44 (0) 1445 771 271 email: tcn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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