You can do

<xsl:variable name="my-text"> this is
laid  out

 however

you want
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($my-text)"/>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: knocte [mailto:knocte@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 02 September 2005 12:54
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Indentation question
> 
> 2005/9/2, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Use the normalize-space() function.
> 
> Thank you very much for your response.
> 
> But, isn't the normalize-space function for just trimming the string?
> In case not, how can I use it in this case? Because I need to write
> the paragraph in the XSLT file, not the XML file. So the thing I want
> to normalize is in the stylesheet, not in the incoming XML data.
> 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: knocte [mailto:knocte@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 02 September 2005 10:30
> > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re:  Indentation question
> > >
> > > 2005/9/2, Joris Gillis <roac@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Tempore 09:06:47, die 09/02/2005 AD, hinc in
> > > xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit knocte 
> <knocte@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > > >
> > > > > Sometimes when I deal with XSLT, if I use this indent method:
> > > > >
> > > > > <xsl:output method="xml" indent="no" />
> > > > >
> > > > > Then I obtain all the results in one line, no EOL's.
> > > > >
> > > > > But I have found a case where this is not true, why?
> > > >
> > > > Because your xslt snippet contains non-whitespace-only text
> > > nodes with line-breaks, which are copied in an unaffected
> > > matter (whitespaces preserved) to the result tree.
> > > >
> > > > To avoid this, change
> > > >
> > > > >             <xsl:when test="LoginName">
> > > > >               1
> > > > >             </xsl:when>
> > > >
> > > > to
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:when test="LoginName">1</xsl:when>
> > > >
> > > > or to
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:when test="LoginName">
> > > >         <xsl:text>1</xsl:text>
> > > > </xsl:when>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thanks Joris. I have fixed some annoying whitespaces with 
> this advice.
> > > But now I have another related issue:
> > >
> > > In HTML I have the advantage of writing a paragraph using 
> EOL's and
> > > don't worrying about the end view of the page because 
> EOL's will be
> > > converted to whitespaces.
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > >   <p>
> > >     This is a easy-to-edit paragraph because
> > >     I can break it into multiple lines.
> > >   <p>
> > >
> > > The result in the browser will not contain any line-breaks.
> > >
> > > Now, doesn't XSLT provide a "similar" way to edit 
> paragraphs without
> > > sending unnecessary line-breaks to the final result?
> > >
> > > I mean, given this:
> > >
> > >   <xsl:when test="whatever">
> > >     <p>
> > >       This is my paragraph which I want to break in multiple
> > >       lines so as to edit it later more easily.
> > >     </p>
> > >   </xsl:when>
> > >
> > > If I use this, I obtain the unnecessary blank spaces 
> which are present
> > > between the words "multiple" and "lines". If I use 
> <xml:text> with the
> > > whole paragraph I will obtain the same because I still use
> > > line-breaks:
> > >
> > >   <xsl:when test="whatever">
> > >     <p>
> > >       <xsl:text>
> > >         This is my paragraph which I want to break in multiple
> > >         lines so as to edit it later more easily.
> > >       </xsl:text>
> > >     </p>
> > >   </xsl:when>
> > >
> > > The unique solution I have is to use <xsl:text> for EVERY 
> LINE. This
> > > is not very comfortable to maintain and also I have to worry about
> > > putting a final whitespace at the end of each line 
> (except the last
> > > one) so as not to concatenate incorrectly:
> > >
> > >   <xsl:when test="whatever">
> > >     <p>
> > >       <xsl:text>This is my paragraph which I want to 
> break in multiple
> > > </xsl:text>
> > >       <xsl:text>lines so as to edit it later more 
> easily.</xsl:text>
> > >     </p>
> > >   </xsl:when>
> > >
> > > Is there any better solution out there for this issue?
> > >
> > >   Thanks,
> > >
> > >     Andrew
> > >
> > > --