C2,
There's a RemoveExtraWhiteSpacesOnXMLImport setting in maker.ini.
It is initially set to On. When it is On, when FM reads an XML document,
it condenses a sequence of spaces and newlines into a single space. It
assumes that an element that is declared to be EMPTY in XML does not
interrupt such a sequence. That assumption makes sense for something
like a marker element, so that if the XML contains a marker element on a
separate line, for example, it does not come into FM with a space on
either side of the marker. System variable elements and cross-reference
elements have similar declarations in XML. However, since they usually
produce visible content in the FM document, I think they should be
treated like text rather than empty elements during import.
If your XML documents do not have sequences of white space that you
want to condense to a single space, you can set
RemoveExtraWhiteSpacesOnXMLImport to Off. Alternatively, you can use
XSLT to change the space after a cross-reference to something that will
import as a space. I haven't tested it, but I believe the character
reference   will do what you want.
--Lynne
On 8/22/2019 8:44 AM, Lynne A. Price wrote:
C2,
There's a maker.ini setting that will help with the spaces, but may
affect other spaces. I'll look up the details later today.
--Lynne
On 8/22/2019 7:13 AM, cuc tu wrote:
Another small issue I'm having is with xref elements and following
text. After the xref, the space gets dropped but I think that just
happens when Frame opens the XML file. [<para><xref figid =
"o00090_fig_2_3"/> shows a typical trigger timing diagram.</para>]
--
Lynne A. Price
Text Structure Consulting, Inc.
Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development, and
training
lpr...@txstruct.com http://www.txstruct.com
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