I have just tested this in FrameMaker 2017 (with DITA-FMx) and in 2019 (without DITA-FMx):
1. Open the topic as you posted it (in Frame 2017 and 2019). Result: the space after <i>Safe life </i> is gone, so no space between the words "life" and "design" anymore. 2. Remove the space after the word "life" and type a space right after the italics end tag </i>, so just before the word "design". Then save, close and reopen the file. Result: Surprise! The space is still there. I think it's a better practice in general to type the space outside the inline element. Kind regards Yves On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 16:59, Rick Quatro <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Yves. I am taking care of this now in my XSLT, but I may fix it > in > the source. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <[email protected]> > On > Behalf Of Yves Barbion > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Framers] Space being removed in structured output > > Hi Rick > > That's the old "whitespace normalization" bug. Sometimes, FrameMaker has a > problem with inline elements, such as <i>. By the way, you should use a > "more semantically appropriate element" as per the DITA spec, but I > digress. > > This has been discussed years ago in this user group, so you may want to > seach for "whitespace" in the archives. Scott's DITA-FMx plugin seems to do > a better job with whitespace normalization. > > Cheers > > Yves Barbion > www.flowtime.be > > > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 16:39, Rick Quatro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If the space is after the </i> tag instead of inside of it, it works > > as it should. That is a dumb "feature" if you ask me. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Framers > > <[email protected]> > > On > > Behalf Of Rick Quatro > > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:17 AM > > To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Framers] Space being removed in structured output > > > > Hi All, I am generating dita programatically: > > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > > <!DOCTYPE concept > > > > PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA 1.3 Concept//EN" > > "technicalContent/dtd/concept.dtd"> > > > > <concept id="i729608"> > > > > <title xtrf="Heading2">Safe Life</title> > > > > <conbody> > > > > <p xtrf="Para"> > > > > <i>Safe life </i>design provides reserves > > > > in all aspects of the structure by factoring all calculations.</p> > > > > </conbody> > > > > </concept> > > > > > > > > When I open this concept in FrameMaker, the space after "Safe life" in > > the <p> element is being removed. Is there a setting in structured > > FrameMaker that I am missing? I am using FM 2019 with the standard DITA > applications. > > Thank you very much. > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > Rick Quatro > > > > Carmen Publishing Inc. > > > > [email protected] > > > > 585-729-6746 > > > > www.frameexpert.com/store/ > > > > > > > > Save on energy at quatro.mystream.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's > > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's > > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at > http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
