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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Strange newlines in HTML output

From: tra@mrbean.stibo.dk (Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen)
To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 15:42:00 +0100

* siaco@id.pl <siaco@id.pl> [Dec 04. 2000 09:04]:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I compared recently HTML output of an SGML document written in DocBook and
> Linuxdoc and I'm wondering, why HTML output does look so strange: 
> 
> <HTML
> ><HEAD
> ><TITLE
> ></TITLE
> ><META
> NAME="GENERATOR"
> 
> Yes, I mean the newlines before the '>' sign. 

Some XSLT-processors (like XT) uses this trick to break lines
while avoiding to insert linefeeds between tags, which is significant
in HTML.

It requires quite more logic in the XSLT-processor to generate correct,
indented HTML, if constructions like <PRE></PRE> should be treated
specially.

If you do not like it, then use another smarter processor.

-- 
  Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen                   "...sound of... Tubular Bells!"
  http://bigfoot.com/~thunderbear

Follow-Ups:
- Re: DOCBOOK: Strange newlines in HTML output
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References:
- DOCBOOK: Strange newlines in HTML output
  - From: siaco@id.pl