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Hello,
I have a problem with whitespace in mixed content to which I cannot find the solution. I am hoping that one of you can help me. Due to imprudent use of indent="yes" on <xsl:output>, the whitespace in the mixed-content elements of my data got messed up. I'll best explain the problem with an example. The following original data <text><i>Italicized</i> normal <i>italicized</i> <b>bold</b> <i><b>italicized and bold</b></i>.</text> now looks like this: <text>
<i>Italicized</i> normal <i>italicized</i>
<b>bold</b>
<i>
<b>italicized and bold</b>
</i>.</text>I have found out how to avoid the indentation in mixed-content elements in the future, namely by using saxon:suppress-indentation. My question is how I can return the modified data back to its original form, i.e., reverse the indentation. The task can be formulated thus: In <text> elements, whitespace-only text nodes that are situated between two start tags should be eliminated, while whitespace-only text nodes that are situated between an end tag and a start tag should be replaced by a single space. How can that be done? I know that I can select whitespace-only text nodes with test="matches(.,'^\s+$')". But how can I test whether the preceding tag is a start tag or an end tag? Thanks in advance for your help! Wolfhart
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