On Jun 27, 2006, at 09:09, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> I am unsure whether I am using the correct way to specify xml:space
> attribute to
> "preserve" by ECMAScript.
>
> I am currently using
> this.textboxText.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/
> namespace","space","preserve");
>
> should it be
>
> this.textboxText.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/
> namespace","xml:space","preserve");
Both should work, but the latter is considered better practice.
> At http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace I read that "Note that
> unlike all other XML
> namespaces, both the name and the prefix are specified; i.e., if
> you want XML 1.0
> processors to recognize this namespace, you must use the reserved
> prefix xml:"
>
> Does this mean that I need to say "xml:space" as an attribute name
> and not just "space"?
In the document itself yes, but that shouldn't be imposed at the DOM
level. It's a syntax requirement, not an abstract one.
> It seems like MozillaSVG doesn't respect it either way. It just
> ignores multiple subsequent
> spaces.
Not sure how to work around that though. Perhaps using a character
the glyph of which is nothing but that isn't a space?
--
Robin Berjon
Senior Research Scientist
Expway, http://expway.com/
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