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Re: [docbook-apps] Re: xml/groff: comments in text=>whitespacestripped?!
> * In message <20030608221305.GF30636@redhat.com>
> * On the subject of "Re: [docbook-apps] Re: xml/groff: comments in text=>whitespace stripped?!"
> * Sent on Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:13:05 +0100
> * Honorable Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> writes:
>
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:04:59PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
>
> > > > 1. apply templates
> > > > 2. replace newlines with a special non-white character, e.g. NULL
> > > > 3. normalize-space
> > > > 4. replace [space NULL] with newline and then [NULL] with newline.
> > > Step 4 looks like it could end up being very slow.
> > > Do you have a suggestion for a reasonable implementation?
> > why would 4 be slower than 2?
> Because it would need to be recursive.
why?
> > what's wrong with:
> >
> > <xsl:call-template name="string.subst">
> > <xsl:with-param name="string"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:with-param>
> > <xsl:with-param name="target" select="' �'"/>
> > <xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="' '"/>
> > </xsl:call-template>
>
> That would only remove one space, not several spaces.
this is done after normalize-space(), so there will be no more than one
space.
> > PS. note that currently <itemizedlist> nested in a <para> is converted
> > into straight text with embedded ".TP o " strings:
>
> Yes, nested lists are broken at the moment, that's true.
when should we expect a fix? weeks? months?
is it being worked on at all?
thanks!
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