Re: [xml-dev] sax2, ignorable whitespace

[Rick Marshall <rjm@zenucom.com>]

Amelia A Lewis wrote:
> On 2006-11-19 19:37:28 -0500 david.lyon@preisshare.net wrote:
>> Quoting David Megginson <david.megginson@gmail.com>:
>>> On 19/11/06, Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> I want to ignore whitespace,
>>>> yet I don't want to mandate a DTD declaration.
>> obtwjustbecarefulthateverythingcomesoutthewayyouexpectwhenyoudoit.
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> He'sprobablyalreadyconsideredthat,don'tyouthink?Therearesomeapplicationsinwhichwhitespaceisnever"interesting,"afterall.Granted,textisnotgenerallyconsideredoneofthoseapplications(althoughthat'samoderninvention(fsvo"modern"),asIunderstandit). 
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> Amy!
makesyouwonderjusthowimportantwhitespaceis.Ireckonmostenglishspeakingpeoplewouldaddexactlythesamewhitespacetothesestatements.

rick

psmaybewhitespaceisjusttrainingwheelsforwriting