• From: Rick Marshall <rjm@z...>
• To: Amelia A Lewis <amyzing@t...>
• Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:31:43 +1100

Amelia A Lewis wrote:
> On 2006-11-19 19:37:28 -0500 david.lyon@p... wrote:
>> Quoting David Megginson <david.megginson@g...>:
>>> On 19/11/06, Dave Pawson <davep@d...> wrote:
>>>> I want to ignore whitespace,
>>>> yet I don't want to mandate a DTD declaration.
>> obtwjustbecarefulthateverythingcomesoutthewayyouexpectwhenyoudoit.
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> He'sprobablyalreadyconsideredthat,don'tyouthink?Therearesomeapplicationsinwhichwhitespaceisnever"interesting,"afterall.Granted,textisnotgenerallyconsideredoneofthoseapplications(althoughthat'samoderninvention(fsvo"modern"),asIunderstandit). 
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> :-)
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> Amy!
makesyouwonderjusthowimportantwhitespaceis.Ireckonmostenglishspeakingpeoplewouldaddexactlythesamewhitespacetothesestatements.

rick

psmaybewhitespaceisjusttrainingwheelsforwriting

• References:
  • Re: sax2, ignorable whitespace
    • From: Amelia A Lewis <amyzing@t...>