/ Bob Stayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
| If you do have line wrap on in XMetal,
| then it exhibits an odd bug with mixed content elements,
| which SoftQuad claims is not a bug. If you have a
| para like this:
|
| <para>My text with <emphasis>a big</emphasis> word.</para>
|
| If this line rewraps, the space to the left of <emphasis>
| and to the right of </emphasis> may be lost.
You mean you might get this:
<para>My text with<emphasis>a big</emphasis>word.</para>
| SoftQuad
| claims that such spaces are not significant because they
| are between nodes
That's absurd.
| I've tried to convince them it is a bug.
Convince them!? That's absolutely, blatantly a bug. *ALL* whitespace in
mixed content is significant. The only insignificant element
whitespace[*] in XML 1.0 is whitespace in element content (such as
between paragraphs).
I quote from Section 2.10 of the XML Recommendation (Second Edition):
An XML processor must always pass all characters in a document that
are not markup through to the application.
Spaces are not markup. End of story.
Be seeing you,
norm
[*] The rules for insignificant attribute whitespace are a little more
interesting, but irrelevant here.
--
Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | In the life of saints, technically so
http://nwalsh.com/ | called, the spiritual facilities are
| strong, but what gives the impression
| of extravagance proves usually on
| examination to be a relative deficiency
| of intellect.--William James
