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Re: Multiple spaces converted into one

From: Irene Vatton <Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 09:07:12 +0200
To: christopher@cechinatrans.demon.co.uk
Cc: Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr, www-amaya@w3.org
Message-Id: <200609050907.12257.vatton@inrialpes.fr>

On Monday 04 September 2006 12:40, Christopher Evans wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:03:48 +0100, Irene Vatton
>
> <Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr> wrote:
> > XML defines an 'xml:space' attribute that allows authors to control when
> > white
> > spaces are preserved (preverse) and when they are not (default).
> > See 2.10 White Space Handling in
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006
>
>   ''xml:space'  can also cause problems, at least when Amaya is used with
> Win XP Pro SP2. If the 'xml:space' is inserted into <body> via the Source
> View, and then there's a paragraph which has two or more lines in the
> Source View, the Main View displays line breaks in the same place as the
> Source View does.
>
> Christopher


That's normal, xml:space:"preserve" means that newlines are managed as break 
and spaces are managed as no-break spaces.
It's used to generate a sort of <pre>.

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     Irène.
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