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Subject: DOCBOOK: DocBook: whitespace question.
I have a question about whitespaces in SGML/XML documents. I notice that most documents do not have whitespaces just after a tag is opened and just before a tag is closed. <para>This is a sentenece.</para> I prefer whitespaces to clearly seperate the tags from the text. <para> This is a sentence. </para> Infact I usually put tags on seperate lines and indent the text for extra readability. <para> This is a single sentence but there could be many more in this paragraph. </para> I don't have any rendering problems with these so I assume it is OK. I do notice that when I use customized entities or other tags, that I can run into problems, especially when special characters are involved (eg. punctuation). <para> I will emphasise the word <emphasis> sentence </emphasis> . </para> There is a space before the period which is not correct. I have to write <para>I will emphasise the word <emphasis> sentence</emphasis>. </para> or <para> I will emphasise the word <emphasis> sentence. </emphasis> . </para> Should DocBook recognise that a period comes directly after a word and remove the space ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.
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