> Mike,
> Pardon me for asking what may be a simple question, 
> but I am not very well versed in xsl. How do I
> translate the count to number of spaces(&#160)?
> 
A convenient way that Jeni pointed out is

<xsl:for-each select="ancestor::*">
  <xsl:text>  </xsl:text>
</xsl:for-each>

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