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Subject: Re: [office] Fwd: ODF spec question (white-space processing)
Hi David, You wrote: >On Monday 11 September 2006 01:04, Daniel Vogelheim wrote: >> For the various reasons given in this and previous posts, I propose >> that the 'in other words' part is simply being removed from the spec. >> That should fix the problem with different interpretations in a very >> easy, understandable, and concise manner, and in perfect accordance >> with the original intentions. [...] >I am just not sure I fully understand your suggestion. If we keep the term "collapsed" >and remove the reference to HTML, then we are basically deciding on the current >KOffice behavior, i.e. <text:p> followed by spaces leaves one space visible - right? Yes, that *was* my suggestion since that is how I always understood that part of the spec. Today's TC call decided differently, just as you suggest. (And pretty much for exactly those reasons.) [... example ...] > <text:p> > My paragraph text > </text:p> I am curious as to whether those same people would expect the following to not have any whitespace, too: <text:p> <text:span> My paragraph text </text:span> </text:p> Which, according to absolutely everybody :), it seems, will have whitespace. However: According to the SGML whitespace processing rules, which were sort of emulated in the early HTML specs, which were sort of evolved into the HTML 4 rule(s) that we have been discussing in this thread, this would NOT have been the case. That is, for all I can see, not clearly defined in the HTML spec. (That is exactly the *optional* part of the whitespace suppression behind start tags.) (Oh, and just to be absolutely clear: I'm NOT trying to re-open the discussion. Today's decision was sufficiently clear. I am really just curious how people would use it...) >So, to be clear, I'm happy with the OpenOffice.org behavior, but it should be made >explicit in the specification. Not by talking about HTML, but by writing "any whitespace >at the beginning or end of a paragraph is removed" or something like that. Yes, my understanding of today's TC call is that this is exactly what will happen. :-) Sincerely, Daniel
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