Re: [docbook-apps] xml/groff: comments in text=>whitespace stripped?!

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 07:22:50PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
> I asked this question several times, and the silence is deafening.
> please help!
> 
> xsl/groff stylesheet adds newline around comment element:
> 
> <xsl:template match="comment()">
>  <xsl:text>&#10;.&#92;&#34;</xsl:text> <!-- #\Newline . \ " -->
>  <xsl:variable name="content">
>   <xsl:call-template name="string.subst">
>    <xsl:with-param name="string"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:with-param>
>    <xsl:with-param name="target" select="'&#10;'"/>
>    <xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="'&#10;.&#92;&#34;'"/>
>   </xsl:call-template>
>  </xsl:variable>
>  <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($content)"/>
>  <xsl:if test="not(following-sibling::comment())">
>   <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text></xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> this works fine when the comment is surrounded by tags.
> when the comment is inside text, like here:
> 
> <varlistentry id="opt-libdir"><term><option>-B</option>
>   <replaceable>lisp-lib-dir</replaceable></term>
>  <listitem><simpara>Specifies the installation directory.
>    This is the directory containing the linking sets and other data files.
> <!-- #ifdef UNIX -->
>    This option is normally not necessary, because the installation directory
>    is already built-in in the <command>clisp</command> executable.
> <!-- #endif -->
>    Directory <replaceable>lisp-lib-dir</replaceable> can be changed
>    dynamically using the symbol-macro <varname>*lib-directory*</varname>.
> </simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
> 

The problem lies in the template that processes the simpara,

<xsl:template match="para|simpara|remark" mode="list">

in manpages/lists.xsl.  It processes the simpara content
into a variable:

  <xsl:variable name="foo">
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:variable>

and then processes that variable with normalize-space($foo).
That function eats the line feeds within the simpara.
You are going to have to work around that function.


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