Benoit Maisonny wrote: > > I believe I've found a bug in whitespace handling. I've read some posts > about whitespace handling on the archives but I don't think this was > addressed already. > > In short, if an element such as XHTML's p contains a text node with > leading/trailing whitespace, that text node is trimmed when opening the > document. > > Steps to reproduce: > > 1. File, New, XHTML Strict/Page. > 2. In the p element, type "test: " (note the ending space). > 3. Save and close the document. The file is saved with <p>test: </p> > 4. Open the document in XXE: notice that the ending space has > disappeared from the view. The file on disk hasn't been modified yet. > 5. Type something in the title element (i.e. the <p> is not affected) > 6. Save the document.The file is saved with <p>test:</p>, so the > ending space has been removed. > > From my understanding of XML whitespace handling, I think XXE can format > that whitespace however it wants (add a new line, put several > spaces...), but it may not remove it. Or, so to speak, xml:space=default > does not mean "trim text nodes". > > Note, this issue does not arise if there is an element following that > space, inside the <p>. As in <p>test: <b>bold</b></p>. Likewise, it does > not happen for <div>test: <p>paragraph</p></div>. >
I'm sorry by xml:space="default" means do whatever you want with it. http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-white-space --- The value "default" signals that applications' default white-space processing modes are acceptable for this element; the value "preserve" indicates the intent that applications preserve all the white space. --- * In XXE, whitespace trimming only occurs when the document is opened. * XXE behavior is pretty reasonable: --- <p> Some text. </p> --- is loaded as: --- <p>Some text.</p> --- While: --- <p> Some text: <b>HERE!</> </p> --- is loaded as: --- <p>Some text: <b>HERE!</></p> --- If some spaces are important for you, please use (i.e. non-breaking spaces) and not plain space characters. With XXE, you can type by pressing Ctrl-SPACE.
