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Re: Formatting text output handler [WAS : Re: Formating to text]
The text output handler I have implemented (see
http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/archive/msg10315.html) is doing
the same kind of things with 2 differences :
1) I am using XHTML compatible elements (<p>, <ul>, <li>, <pre>).
2) The transformation is done as a output method of the XT XSLT
processor meaning that you don't need to go through a temporary file
since the output method is directly fed with SAX event.
So, it's indeed the same approach :=)
Thanks
Eric
Louis-Dominique Dubeau wrote:
>
> Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com> writes:
>
> > [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)>]
> > For those who have followed this thread and are interested by the
> > riddle, the transformation can be done by the attached stylesheet.
> >
> > Now, this is so verbose and slow that I wonder if writing a formatting
> > text output handler wouldn't really be the best solution.
>
> My approach to this problem is usually to have a stylesheet output
> minimal formating information. Eg: everything is on one line and
> contains the following tags:
>
> <nl/>: newline
> <inc/>: increment indent
> <dec/>: decrement indent
>
> Then a script (in Perl, Python or whatever language you like) converts
> those into something suitable.
>
> That's how I turn my resume, which lives as an XML document, into
> ASCII (ok, I also use fmt and recode for part of the conversion).
>
> Regards,
> ldd
>
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