RE: [xsl] tag minimisation

["Julian Reschke" <julian dot reschke at gmx dot de>]

Well,

IE doesn't support XHTML. Dont try to feed it with it.

If you can't or don't want to use custom XSLT output methods, you'll
probably have to code the serializer yourself.

Julian

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Andrew Welch
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:06 AM
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: RE: [xsl] tag minimisation
>
>
>
> DC:
> > I fail to see why it is a problem at all,
>
> I add custom elements to the output based on the transform that is being
> performed at the time.  The app then post processes (sax parses) the
> output to extract the info Ive added to populate some of the features of
> the app.  As I need xml (xhtml) output, the html output will not do.
>
> So far so good, and everything works fine.
>
> The *only* problem comes from the browser (IE - no choice) failing to
> recognise <xxx/>.  Any expressions performed on a minimised element will
> crash IE, any styling given to a minimised element will be passed onto
> all elements that follow it.
>
> On large output files it can be a nightmare trying to locate which
> element has been minimised, then tracing it to the template that
> generated it and adding #160, purely to stop it getting minimised (which
> just seems rediculous).
>
> Its such a trivial, non essential thing that can cause so many problems,
> I fail to see why it is a problem to keep elements as <xx> </xx>, at
> least until browsers catch up.
>
> MK:
> >If you want XHTML, several processors including saxon have an output
> >method for XHTML that won't do tag minimisation except for elements
> >whose content model is EMPTY.
>
> That should hopefully do what I need.
>
> cheers
> andrew


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