Yes. <xsl:apply-templates/> means <xsl:apply-templates
select="child::node()"/> which selects all children including
whitespace-only text nodes (if they haven't been stripped).

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 09 October 2002 09:54
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE:  Formated text output
> 
> 
> Mike Kay said:
> 
> > Either use <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/> to remove the 
> white-space 
> > nodes from the source document, or avoid processing the white-space 
> > text nodes by using <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/> instead of
> > <xsl:apply-templates/>.
> 
>  OK, I'll stick my neck out.
> Its a bit subtle this, for me.
> 
> 5.2 says <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>  matches any element.
> 
> <apply-templates/> looks for matches on ....  ?? any node???
>   (including the text nodes which are the 'undesirables' in 
> this case???)
> 
> Is that the difference? (Give or take  a little on the loose 
> wording David C
> :-)
> 
> regards DaveP.
> 
> 
> 
> > > I have a XML document like this
> > > 
> > > <a>
> > >     <b>
> > >         <c att1="X" att2="Y">Z</c>
> > >     </b>
> > > </a>
> > > 
> > > And I want to generate a text file like this (tab 
> separated columns)
> > > 
> > > === BEGIN OF THE GENERATED DOC ===
> > > X    Y    Z
> > > === END OF THE GENERATED DOC  ===
> > > 
> > > But the transformation writes all the tabs and newline
> > > characters of the 
> > > XML document, so I obtain something like this
> > > 
> > > === BEGIN OF THE GENERATED DOC ===
> > > 
> > >    
> > >         X    Y    Z
> > >    
> > > 
> > > === END OF THE GENERATED DOC  ===
> > > 
> > > How can I avoid this?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > 
> > > Luis
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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