Tim Read wrote:
> I'm very new to XML so forgive my terminology...
>
> I want to input a section where the hierachy comes
> down to entering plain text, which is actually going
> to be shell script. When I originally entered the
> code, it had carriage return/linefeeds in.
> Unfortunately, once I brought it into the editor, it
> striped off all these <CR><LF> to make it one long
> string.
>
> Is there any way to force the <CR><LF> back into the
> text? All of the rest of the code gets beautifully
> formatted.
--> If you are authoring a DocBook document, type your shell script in
an element for which whitespace (<CR><LF> is considered to be
whitespace) is preserved: address, funcsynopsisinfo, classsynopsisinfo,
literallayout, programlisting, screen or synopsis.
--> Generic answer: if you want our XML editor to preserve the
whitespace you entered:
[1] The element containing the text must have the attribute
xml:space="preserve"[*]
For the convenience of authors, this attribute is often specified by
default, in the DTD. Example: the XHTML DTD and element <pre>.
[2] If you use a CSS style sheet, this CSS style sheet should contain a
rule similar to:
---
my-verbatim-element {
display: block;
white-space: pre;
}
---
---
[*] There is an alternative
(http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/ch06s18.html)
to this approach but I'll not describe it in this email.
