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SV: a quick question re:   html entity

2003-02-06 06:29:28
Well, my processor (msxml3) translates <xsl:text>&#xa0;</xsl:text> into a
regular space, which means that the browser will gladly use that space for
breaking long lines. Exactly what I don't want.
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&amp;nbsp;</xsl:text> works though
...

Jonas Nordstrom

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Ämne: RE: [xsl] a quick question re: &nbsp; html entity



how does one insert an &nbsp; into the result tree (I'm 
producing HTML)?

I think we've had two whole weeks without anyone asking that - it was
wonderful.

for that matter, how does one insert non-xml standard(?) 
entities into a 
result tree?


You can't insert entities into a tree, the tree always holds the
expansion of the entity. In the case of &nbsp;, the expansion is the
single character xA0, so you can insert it by writing
<xsl:text>&#xa0;</xsl:text>. It might or might not be serialized as
&nbsp;, depending on your processor, but the browser will do the right
thing with it regardless.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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