As I said, it is the source documents that get stripped, not the
generated output.

On 04/02/2008, Steven Ericsson-Zenith <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the prompt response Colin.
>
> It is, in fact, the document content that is not being stripped, as I
> look at this more closely. So, your observation does not suggest the
> problem (but it was a worthy observation none-the-less).
>
> It is the text generated by the apply-templates calls  that is not
> striped. They leave tabs behind which cause no problem in decent
> browsers like Safari and Firefox - but breaks the layout in IE.
>
> I'm using Saxon 9.
>
> With respect,
> Steven
>
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Colin Adams wrote:
>
> > xsl:strip-space targets source documents, not the stylesheet.
> >
> > On 04/02/2008, Steven Ericsson-Zenith <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Dear List,
> >>
> >> I have
> >>
> >> <xsl:output
> >>        indent="no"
> >>        method="xhtml"
> >>        doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
> >>        doctype-system="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd
> >> " />
> >> <xsl:strip-space
> >>        elements="*" />
> >>
> >> in a style sheet, and the following template:
> >>
> >>    <xsl:template
> >>        match="foobar">
> >>        <xsl:element
> >>            name="span">
> >>            <xsl:attribute
> >>                name="class">c</xsl:attribute>
> >>            <xsl:element
> >>                name="div">
> >>                <xsl:attribute
> >>                    name="class">d</xsl:attribute>
> >>                <xsl:attribute
> >>                    name="style">display:none</xsl:attribute>
> >>                <xsl:element
> >>                    name="p">
> >>                    <xsl:attribute
> >>                        name="style">text-transform:capitalize;text-
> >> align:left;</xsl:attribute>
> >>                    <xsl:element
> >>                        name="em">
> >>                        <xsl:apply-templates
> >>                            select="t" />
> >>                    </xsl:element>
> >>                </xsl:element>
> >>                <xsl:element
> >>                    name="p">
> >>                    <xsl:apply-templates
> >>                        select="d" />
> >>                </xsl:element>
> >>            </xsl:element>
> >>            <xsl:apply-templates
> >>                select="t" />
> >>        </xsl:element>
> >>    </xsl:template>
> >>
> >> For some reason this template alone, of all the many templates I have
> >> in this style sheet, is not stripped - and that failure to strip
> >> produces a faulty layout in IE (spit).
> >>
> >> I've tried all permutations but I don't understand why it is not
> >> stripped. Can someone enlighten me?
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Steven