docbook-apps

[I'm moving this over to the docbook-apps mailing list because that is
where stylesheet issues are discussed]

Using the html stylesheet will output
because that is proper HTML
output (which is SGML, not XML). When you see "
" in the XSL
stylesheets, that is the proper XML notation for an empty element. It is
the XSLT processor working with <xsl:output method="html"/> that converts
that to a
for HTML output.

As you say, using the xhtml stylesheet would give you
and output that
is more easily parsed. Many people are using the xhtml stylesheets with
the browsers you mention. Can you describe the formatting problems you are
seeing? Are you using a customization layer? Do you have the same
problems with the stock DocBook stylesheet?

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Hubbard" <charlie.hubbard@gmail.com>
To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:34 PM
Subject: [docbook] HTML and XHTML XSL stylesheets


> Hi,
>
> I'm using the HTML XSL stylesheets to transform a docbook. However,
> after I run the stylesheets I get strange results. I'm getting

> instead of
or instead of . I checked the
> stylesheets shipped with docbook, and they all have
and
> tags closed like in XML. I've tried changing the output option to
> xml, but it still exports them without the closing tag or short hand
> form closing.
>
> I moved into using the HTML after using the XHTML stylesheets, but
> unfortunately, I ran into a bigger problem with XHTML and whitespace
> formating in IE and firefox. I don't think the XHTML stylesheets are
> usable because of this problem. It could be bugs in the browsers, but
> bugs or no bugs it still won't format correctly.
>
> I'm trying to get something that is XHTML so that it can be parsed
> more easily, but I have to create HTML so that the browsers will
> format and display the results properly.
>
> Charlie
>
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I tried changing the output method to xml in my customization layer,
and it still outputted it as
or SGML equivalent. Is there a way
I can override it?

My problem has to do with whitespace processing in

 tags.  In
XHTML and HTML it outputs the same code something like:


/user/bin:>df
Device       total size  Disk Free  Percentage Free
/dev/sda     543453     3245            5%
/dev/sdb     678678     13245          12%


In HTML it formats the span's on all one line.  However, with XHTML it
newlines each  tag.  I'm recalling this from memory, but I can
send the exact code when I get home.  I'll try the docbook stylesheets
when I get home as well.  I'm also sending the XHTML as text/xml or
text/application+xml HTTP header.  Should I use a different header or
use text/html?  Should I also use the transitional HTML DTD or XHTML
DTD?

Thanks
Charlie

On 8/22/06, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:
> [I'm moving this over to the docbook-apps mailing list because that is
> where stylesheet issues are discussed]
>
> Using the html stylesheet will output
 because that is proper HTML
> output (which is SGML, not XML). When you see "
" in the XSL
> stylesheets, that is the proper XML notation for an empty element.  It is
> the XSLT processor working with <xsl:output method="html"/> that converts
> that to a
 for HTML output.
>
> As you say, using the xhtml stylesheet would give you
 and output that
> is more easily parsed.  Many people are using the xhtml stylesheets with
> the browsers you mention.  Can you describe the formatting problems you are
> seeing?  Are you using a customization layer?  Do you have the same
> problems with the stock DocBook stylesheet?
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charlie Hubbard" <charlie.hubbard@gmail.com>
> To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:34 PM
> Subject: [docbook] HTML and XHTML XSL stylesheets
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using the HTML XSL stylesheets to transform a docbook.  However,
> > after I run the stylesheets I get strange results.  I'm getting

> > instead of
 or  instead of .  I checked the
> > stylesheets shipped with docbook, and they all have
 and
> > tags closed like in XML.  I've tried changing the output option to
> > xml, but it still exports them without the closing tag or short hand
> > form closing.
> >
> > I moved into using the HTML after using the XHTML stylesheets, but
> > unfortunately, I ran into a bigger problem with XHTML and whitespace
> > formating in IE and firefox.  I don't think the XHTML stylesheets are
> > usable because of this problem.  It could be bugs in the browsers, but
> > bugs or no bugs it still won't format correctly.
> >
> > I'm trying to get something that is XHTML so that it can be parsed
> > more easily, but I have to create HTML so that the browsers will
> > format and display the results properly.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
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> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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