> On 16 Feb 2024, at 00:34, Bruce Horrocks <n...@scorecrow.com> wrote:
>
> The extra space is because you have a space between {first_name} and
> {\xmlatt... on line 9 of xml.tex.
>
>> On 15 Feb 2024, at 20:28, Michael Guravage <gurav...@literatesolutions.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I'm typesetting an address book whose addresses are in XML. A typical entry
>> has this structure:
>>
>> <family surname="">
>> <address street="" housenumber="" postcode="1" city="" telephone="" />
>> <members>
>> <member first_name="" initials="" maiden_name="" birthday="" email=""
>> mobile="" />
>> <member first_name="" initials="" birthday="" email="" mobile="" />
>> <member first_name="" initials="" birthday="" />
>> </members>
>> </family>
>>
>> initials and birthday are required, first_name can be left blank and email,
>> mobile and maiden_name are optional.
>>
>> I've written a macro (name) to compose the name, i.e. initials, first_name
>> (maiden_name), and another macro (nameemaillink) to make the name a link
>> associated with an email address.
>>
>> % Derive an individual's name
>> \def\name#1%
>> {\ifxmlattempty{#1}{first_name} {\xmlatt{#1}{initials}} \else
>> {\xmlatt{#1}{initials}, \xmlatt{#1}{first_name}} \fi
> %%%% Remove the space after {first_name} here
>> \ifxmlattempty{#1}{maiden_name} {} \else {
>> \tfxx(\xmlatt{#1}{maiden_name})} \fi}
I am fairly certain the “ {} “ before the \else introduces spaces.
>>
>> % Create a mailto:link that associates a individual's name with their email
>> address.
>> \def\nameemaillink#1%
>> {\ifxmlattempty{#1}{email} {\name{#1}} \else {\goto{\name{#1}}
>> [url(mailto:\xmlatt{#1}{email})]} \fi}
>>
>> I thought I was done when I noticed that a composed name with an empty first
>> name, with or without an email address, is slightly indented. In the mwe Moe
>> and Curly, without first names, are indented; while Shemp and Michael aren't.
>>
>> That the undesired indentation/alignment is dependent on the presence of a
>> first name is baffling. After this long description, if someone would look
>> at the code and tell me where I've gone wrong I would be very grateful. The
>> interesting bits begin on lines 8 and 12 in xml.tex.
>
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