have you tried an entity ref at the start of the document like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE stylesheet [
<!ENTITY nbsp " ">
]>
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of John
Aschenbrenner
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:37 PM
To: 'xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com'
Subject: RE: [xsl] Problems rendering nbsp entity
Thanks, Jarno. I've tried both utf-8 and utf-16 with the same results. I
know that NO-BREAK SPACE does look like a space but it sure would be great
if I could just output a ' '.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jarno(_dot_)Elovirta(_at_)nokia(_dot_)com
[mailto:Jarno(_dot_)Elovirta(_at_)nokia(_dot_)com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:07 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: RE: [xsl] Problems rendering nbsp entity
Hi,
I know I've seen this before but I can't seem to find it in
the archives.
My apologies if this has been answered one too many times.
It probably has been, yes.
In the past when I wanted to render a non blanking space when
using XSL to
render HTML I have just used the entity  
I've even noticed that the   entity is rendered as
in the HTML
file when using the Saxon parser. Most of the time MSXML
will render this
appropriately as well. However for some reason this does not
work this time
when using that parser. Now instead of getting the nicely formatted
document that I want, I end up with question marks all over
the place. When
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