[ZPT] whitespace bug

[Chris Withers]

Hi Mark,

Sounds like you're in a better position than me to write these docs, care to 
give it a go?

cheers,

Chris

Mark McEahern wrote:
> [Chris Withers]
> 
>>>>Is that documented anywhere?
>>>
>>>I don't know.
>>
>>It probably should be. If someone can point me to the right
>>place, I'll give it a go...
> 
> 
> A simple section on whitespace in one or more of the following?
> 
> http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
> 
> http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/AdvZPT.stx
> 
> http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/AppendixC.stx
> 
> Here's my braindump on this topic...
> 
> Whitespace
> ==========
> 
> What is whitespace?  Space, tab, newline, carriage return, line feed.
> 
> How whitespace is handled in HTML--multiple whitespace is ignored?  Other
> output targets?  SQL?
> 
> Whitespace within a start tag, between attributes, doesn't seem to affect
> output.
> 
>   <div class='foo'
> name='bar'>Foobar</div>
> 
> Is the same as:
> 
>   <div class='foo' name='bar'>Foobar</div>
> 
> Whitespace within a tag ('Foobar' above)...
> 
> Whitespace surrounding a tag (before <div> and after </div>)...
> 
> Some tags matter more than others.  Since <span/> is not a block level tag
> (correct term?), you may be more concerned about whitespace with respect to
> <span/> than with respect to <div/>.
> 
> Useless blocks to control whitespace...
> 
> This may matter more/most/only with tal:repeat...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> // mark
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