Hermann,

thanks a lot for this tip!

In fact you might ask yourself why I need it. The reason is: Actually I had
<when>x</when>, but Eclipse (even the latest one) reformats it by instering
breaks when using "Source > Format"...

Thanks!
Markus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt [mailto:STAMMW@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Samstag, 20. Mdrz 2010 16:22
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE:  Difference between <when>x</when> and
> <when><text>x</text></when>
>
> Markus,
>
> if yo want to remove the spaces for all <when> and <otherwise> entries
> you
> can
> do this by having the complete <choose> inside a <xsl:variable> and
> then
> call
> normalize-space() once afterwards:
>
> <xsl:variable name="v">
>   <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="sometest1">
>       x1
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:when test="sometest2">
>       x2
>     </xsl:when>
>     ...
>     <xsl:when test="sometestn">
>       xn
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise test="sometest">
>       x
>     </xsl:otherwise>
>   </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:variable>
>
> <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($v)"/>
>
>
> Mit besten Gruessen / Best wishes,
>
> Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt
> Developer, XML Compiler, L3
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>              "Markus Karg"
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>              xsl-list@xxxxxxxx         <when>x</when> and
>               lberrytech.com           <when><text>x</text></when>
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>
> > Markus Karg wrote:
> >
> > > But actually I meant: Is there a way how I can tell this *once* at
> > the
> > > <choose> or the <stylesheet> level, instead of rewriting all my
> > <when>s?
> >
> > No, I don't think so, there is no
> >    xml:space="normalize"
> > or similar value defined that could achieve that.
>
> Anyways, thanks a lot! :-)
> Markus