RE: [docbook-apps] Whitespace in <indexterm>

["Steve Blair" <sblair@vocera.com>]

Hi Bob,

Thanks very much for responding to my question. We don't set <xsl:output
method="xml" indent="yes"/>. Our customization layer is using the
default DocBook setting (indent set to "no"). So it seems like the
solution lies somewhere else.

Best,
Steve Blair
Director of Technical Publications
Vocera Communications
sblair@vocera.com
408.790.4210

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sagehill.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:09 PM
To: Steve Blair; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Whitespace in <indexterm>

Hi Steve,
First, make sure you have indent="no" in an xsl:output element in your
customization layer.  If indent="yes" (which is nice for examining the
FO file), then it introduces unwanted whitespace in FO output.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Blair" <sblair@vocera.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:06 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Whitespace in <indexterm>


Hi Everyone,

I'm using <indexterm> tags that are formatted like this for readability:

<para>
This index entry is in
<indexterm>
<primary>formatting</primary>
<secondary>index entry</secondary>
</indexterm>
the middle of a paragraph.
</para>

FOP 0.93 creates a PDF file with unwanted whitespace in paragraphs that
use these index entries. FOP 0.20.5 rendered paragraphs containing these
same entries without whitespace.

I'm guessing that the behavior I saw in 0.20.5 was a bug (although it
was what I wanted), and that the behavior in 0.93 is the intended
behavior. I think this is because whitespace is significant in a
non-block element, and <indexterm> is a non-block element.

Can I change the behavior of FOP 0.93 to make it ignore the whitespace
within the <indexterm> tag? Based on a recent message from Manuel
Canales
(http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200706/msg00003.html),
it seems like I should be able to set an xsl:space value, but I don't
know where to set it or what value to give it--I can't find it
documented in Norman Walsh's _DocBook XSL Stylesheet Reference
Documentation_ or in Bob Stayton's _DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide_.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Steve Blair
Director of Technical Publications
Vocera Communications
sblair@vocera.com
408.790.4210

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