Actually, I doubt that; it's well integrated into the template parser, not broken out into a separate service. If only Tapestry were written in Clojure :-)
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Inge Solvoll <inge.tapes...@gmail.com> wrote: > As always, I'm pretty sure it's possible and not too hard to decorate the > built-in service that does this work :) > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:53 AM, Paul Stanton <p...@mapshed.com.au> wrote: > >> thanks for the suggestion howard, this would be fine if it were obvious to >> all developers which cases were problematic. otherwise it's a case of >> putting out spot fires which isn't good. >> >> i still think making the whitespace compressor more intelligent ie >> replacing multiple whitespace chars with a single space is preferable. that >> way we still get 99% of the benefits of compression yet none of the >> drawbacks. >> >> is there a way to override the implementation of the class that does this? >> >> regards, paul. >> >> >> Howard Lewis Ship wrote: >> >>> Where whitespace counts, add an xml:space="preserve" attribute to the >>> enclosing tag, i.e. >>> >>> <p xml:space="preserve">This is my paragraph and sometimes a single >>> word or phrase <span style="text-decoration:underline;">might need >>> some special attention</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">so I >>> might do this</span>, but it's still <span >>> style="font-style:italic;">my</span> paragraph.</p> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Paul Stanton <p...@mapshed.com.au> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Firstly, I'd like to say that tapestry does most things very well and I >>>> probably only comment on the things it doesn't do well. Thank you to >>>> those >>>> who've spent time improving the framework for making my job as a >>>> developer >>>> more enjoyable. >>>> >>>> I do have an issue with the production mode Considering the following in >>>> your average TML: >>>> >>>> <p>This is my paragraph and sometimes a single word or phrase <span >>>> style="text-decoration:underline;">might need some special >>>> attention</span> >>>> <span style="font-weight:bold;">so I might do this</span>, but it's still >>>> <span style="font-style:italic;">my</span> paragraph.</p> >>>> >>>> or a shorter eg: >>>> <p>A <span>B</span> <span>C</span> D</p> >>>> >>>> In development mode, this will render unchanged: >>>> >>>> A B C D >>>> >>>> However in production mode, tapestry will take out some important >>>> whitespace: >>>> >>>> A BC D >>>> >>>> I know you can partially combat this by using a non-breaking space in the >>>> markup ( ) however, this has the expected drawback of disallowing >>>> line >>>> breaking where it may be required. >>>> >>>> for example, a list of links: >>>> <a href="url1">1</a> >>>> <a href="url2">2</a> >>>> <a href="url3">3</a> >>>> <a href="url4">4</a> >>>> <a href="url5">5</a> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> becomes >>>> <a href="url1">1</a><a href="url2">2</a><a href="url3">3</a><a >>>> href="url4">4</a><a href="url5">5</a>... >>>> >>>> I agree that some 'compression' on html syntax is a good thing in a >>>> production environment, but to keep the integrity of the document I think >>>> tapestry should replace multiple whitespace characters with one >>>> whitespace >>>> character instead of removing all whitespace between tags. Therefore, >>>> while >>>> I know I can set "tapestry.compress-whitespace" to false, I would prefer >>>> to >>>> have my suggestion implemented in place of the existing mechanism or as >>>> an >>>> alternative. >>>> >>>> The main issues for me: >>>> 1. Rendered markup is fundamentally different between production and >>>> development environments, making the most commonly used form of testing >>>> flawed >>>> 2. In some cases a space is the only solution to layout problems and >>>> tapestry won't allow it >>>> >>>> Keen to hear other opinions... >>>> >>>> p. >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Creator of Apache Tapestry The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to learn how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! (971) 678-5210 http://howardlewisship.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
