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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: xml/groff: comments in text=>whitespacestripped?!
> * In message <20030608221305.GF30636@redhat.com> > * On the subject of "Re: [docbook-apps] Re: xml/groff: comments in text=>whitespace stripped?!" > * Sent on Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:13:05 +0100 > * Honorable Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> writes: > > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:04:59PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: > > > > > 1. apply templates > > > > 2. replace newlines with a special non-white character, e.g. NULL > > > > 3. normalize-space > > > > 4. replace [space NULL] with newline and then [NULL] with newline. > > > Step 4 looks like it could end up being very slow. > > > Do you have a suggestion for a reasonable implementation? > > why would 4 be slower than 2? > Because it would need to be recursive. why? > > what's wrong with: > > > > <xsl:call-template name="string.subst"> > > <xsl:with-param name="string"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:with-param> > > <xsl:with-param name="target" select="' �'"/> > > <xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="' '"/> > > </xsl:call-template> > > That would only remove one space, not several spaces. this is done after normalize-space(), so there will be no more than one space. > > PS. note that currently <itemizedlist> nested in a <para> is converted > > into straight text with embedded ".TP o " strings: > > Yes, nested lists are broken at the moment, that's true. when should we expect a fix? weeks? months? is it being worked on at all? thanks! -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running RedHat9 GNU/Linux <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.palestine-central.com/links.html> Lisp is a way of life. C is a way of death.
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