Hi Andreas, Thanks again. I tried this earlier, but the outcome was not what I envisaged (it varied, but that may be due to some other uncertainties at that stage...). So I will try this route again, and when I found a solution, will report.
I appreciate your help, particular since this was not really a FO question ;). Cheers, Maria Andreas Delmelle-2 wrote: > > On 26 Mar 2009, at 02:07, Maria2009 wrote: > > Hi Maria > >> <snip /> >> If anybody has a hint of how to get create a unified original >> document from >> these different options, I will be happy. I thought of adressing these >> points (spaces before and after element tags) with XPointer or >> RegEx, so if >> there is an advice about which one to use, I will start learning this >> technique at first. Or anything else if necessary! > > Just an idea, but the first thing to try: > If the value comes with a trailing space from the source XML, then > using something like > > <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)" /> > > should remove leading/trailing spaces, and output only the significant > content of the descendant text-node. For white-space-only nodes, the > above will yield a zero-length string. > > If you have no parts in the source XML where white-space/linefeeds > should be preserved, you could even use the above as the default > matching template for 'text()'. That is likely to be the most > straightforward solution to your issue. No pre-processing of the FO > needed, I think... > > > HTH! > > Andreas > > ... > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Normalizing-space-and-special-spaces-tp22678087p22716762.html Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
