"Text", as we normally think of it (ASCII), does not have italic or bold
attributes (or font or size attributes, for that). It's just text: A,b,1,(,* .
Rich Text Format (RTF) may suit your purposes. It is found as an alternate
format for most Microsoft application files (e.g., Word, Excel, WordPad). Here
is a URL for the 1.5 spec (http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm). Here is
a URL for the 1.6 spec
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnrtfspec/html/RTFSpec_1.asp).
You can transform XML directly into RTF or you could go through an intermediate
XML format like XSL-FO. You may find this book to be useful, I did
(http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rtfpg/index.html).
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Charles Knell
cknell(_at_)onebox(_dot_)com - email
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From: SnHndrc(_at_)aol(_dot_)com
Sent: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 15:04:36 -0400
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Subject: [xsl] transforming xml to text with formatting
This will be a simple one, I am sure, for most of you. However, I am trying to
transform xml to text with formatting such as bold, indent, italics, line
breaks etc.
Could you tell me what I would need to do this (including an online tutorial,
books etc.).
Much appreciated.
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