Re[2]: [xep-support] <PRE> tag like behavior?

From: Chris Cosentino (ccosenti@cisco.com)
Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 08:12:36 PDT

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    Thanks Ken!

    Exactly what I needed.

    -Chris

    Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 10:53:31 AM, gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com wrote:
    GKH> At 2004-06-02 10:37 -0400, Chris Cosentino wrote:
    >>Is there an easy (relatively) way to use XEP to create <PRE>-like
    >>formatted text?

    GKH> XSL-FO has many properties for a block that will help to get this output.

    >>We currently have an inline element called <examplecode>. When
    >>rendered through XEP the data is output in monospace bold font.
    >>
    >>If line breaks were required, we would wrap it in para tags.

    GKH> Not sure what you mean there.

    >>The problem we have is that we want to render example code with proper
    >>indentation. The simple solution

    GKH> ... is to have the stylesheet not collapse the white space and to preserve
    GKH> the linefeeds that it finds:

    GKH> <block linefeed-treatment="preserve"
    GKH> white-space-treatment="preserve"
    GKH> white-space-collapse="false">
    GKH> .... indented program text ...

    GKH> Then decide if you want long lines clipped or wrapped using wrap-option=.

    GKH> I hope this helps.

    GKH> ........................ Ken

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