Problem with preserving the format of xml element during xslt

[longinus]

Hello,

I have following element in XML:

<Elem><![CDATA[dsdfhdfh<BR/>dfshdfhdfh
dddd
dddd<BR/>dsfhfdh<BR/>]]></Elem>

which is preformatted and i would like to have the format on the
webpage(html) as well.

In XSL-file there is a following instructions:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
....>
<PRE>
<xsl:value-of select="Elem> diable-output-escaping="yes"/>
</PRE>

after XSLT preformatted text should preserve format on the webpage.

What i get is:

dsdfhdfh
dfshdfhdfh
dddd dddd
dsfhfdh

Where is the problem?

Thanks,
longinus

 

[Anton Spaans]

Hello,

I have following element in XML:

<Elem><![CDATA[dsdfhdfh<BR/>dfshdfhdfh
dddd
dddd<BR/>dsfhfdh<BR/>]]></Elem>

which is preformatted and i would like to have the format on the
webpage(html) as well.

In XSL-file there is a following instructions:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
...>
<PRE>
<xsl:value-of select="Elem> diable-output-escaping="yes"/>
</PRE>

after XSLT preformatted text should preserve format on the webpage.

What i get is:

dsdfhdfh
dfshdfhdfh
dddd dddd
dsfhfdh

Where is the problem?

Thanks,
longinus

(i assume that there are some typo's in your original post)

What do you want to see?
If you do 'view source' on the html you probably will see this:
========================
dsdfhdfh<BR/>dfshdfhdfh
dddd
dddd<BR/>dsfhfdh<BR/>
========================

But in html, inside the browser, this will be shown as
========================
dsdfhdfh
dfshdfhdfh
dddd dddd
dsfhfdh
========================

If you want to have this shown inside the browser:
========================
dsdfhdfh<BR/>dfshdfhdfh
dddd
dddd<BR/>dsfhfdh<BR/>

========================
then don't use <PRE>, but use an enclosing <XMP> element instead in your XSL
(or <TEXTAREA>)

-- Anton.