Fantastic - thanks to everyone for their help - I'm going to have a go with both of these suggestions. It should really help me to get more out of Velocity.
C -----Original Message----- From: James Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 May 2005 21:04 To: Velocity Users List Subject: Re: Stripping whitespace from HTML Townson, Chris wrote: > Hi > > I was wondering: is there any way to get Velocity to automatically > strip whitespace from HTML? We created a custom writer that stripped out all extra whitespace and then had Velocity use this new writer in it's merge procedure. boolean mergeTemplate(java.lang.String templateName, Context context, java.io.Writer writer) Attached is an example of one such writer. James > > e.g. > > #stripWhitespace > <ul> > <li></li> > <li></li> > ... > </ul> > #end > > This functionality would be very useful for leaving html template > files readable whilst optimizing page size and dealing with display > bugs relating to Internet Explorer's rendering of CSS (e.g. links > displayed as block-level elements in lists). > > Could it be done with a macro / has someone already written one to do this?! > > Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions, > > Chris ******************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. Neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or one of its agents. Please note that neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept any responsibility for viruses that may be contained in this e-mail or its attachments and it is your responsibility to scan the e-mail and attachments (if any). No contracts may be concluded on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or its agents by means of e-mail communication. Macmillan Publishers Limited Registered in England and Wales with registered number 785998 Registered Office Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS ******************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
