Re: [docbook] Blank Spaces in HTML

[joseph.a.gilvary@census.gov]

JB,

If I understand correctly, then the answer is 
"almost." ;)

You need to insert the HTML p element 
during the conversion. 

Are you using xsl to do the conversion into 
HTML? If you have a template that matches 
one of the lines that needs to have an extra 
space following, output the p element at 
the end of that template. If you're using the 
DocBook XSL stylesheets, you need to 
add your template for those special 
cases.

There's a lot of good xsl information at Dave 
Pawson's FAQ page, 
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/xslfaq.html. 

I suggest for this problem you look specifically at 
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N8321.html#d8446e345

Look around the FAQ for info on outputting 
the content of your p element as well. I think 
you might  need something like 
<p> </p>, or use the 
xsl:element tag.

I have an error in my earlier post; the 
Unicode 
 is a carriage return, not a 
line feed. LF == 


And this isn't really a DocBook question. It
may be a DocBook-XSL question, but I think 
that has its own list.

 HTH,

 Joe





JABakken@dstsystems.com
07/10/2003 05:49 PM

 
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I'm converting my XML into HTML Help. But on certain topics, I want extra
space between certain lines. But from what you're saying, it sounds like 
if
I insert <para>&nbsp</para> into my xml document, that that will do the
trick. Can it be that simple?



  
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You know how in HTML you can use <p>&nbsp</p> to add a space between lines
of text? Is there any way to do this in XML?

Thanks.

JB

JB,

In XML, there really isn't a "blank line" because XML by itself is usually
not
a presentation format. As it's used in DocBook, it's content, not
presentation.

With that disclaimer out of the way, if you're generating XSL-FO to create
a PDF,
you can insert a line break with the Unicode &#xD;

If you're generating HTML you can insert the very text you cited for a
blank line.

What exactly are you trying to do with the XML that makes you want a blank
line? Knowing that might make it easier to help.

 Joe