file:write, formatting, and maps in select attributes

-----Original Message----- From: Graydon Saunders <graydonish at gmail.com> To: BaseX <BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Sent: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:50 Subject: [basex-talk] file:write, formatting, and maps in select attributes Hello -- I'm trying to regularize the formatting of some XSLT files by loading them (via doc()) and writing them back out via file:write() I know about the *indent* and *indent-attributes* serialization parameters, and mostly they're doing what I want. What I'd like is to preserve a one-line-per-entry format for a map in a select attribute. For example, I'd like to keep <xsl:variable as="map(xs:integer,xs:string)" name="hexNum" select=" map { 1: '0', 2: '1', 3: '2', 4: '3', 5: '4', 6: '5', 7: '6', 8: '7', 9: '8', 10: '9', 11: 'a', 12: 'b', 13: 'c', 14: 'd', 15: 'e', 16: 'f' }" static="yes" /> instead of <xsl:variable as="map(xs:integer,xs:string)" name="hexNum" select=" map { 1: '0', 2: '1', 3: '2', 4: '3', 5: '4', 6: '5', 7: '6', 8: '7', 9: '8', 10: '9', 11: 'a', 12: 'b', 13: 'c', 14: 'd', 15: 'e', 16: 'f' }" static="yes"/> I don't think there's a way to do this with the serialization parameters, but is there a way to do this? Thanks! Graydon -- Graydon Saunders | graydonish at fastmail.com Þæs oferéode, ðisses swá mæg. -- Deor ("That passed, so may this.")

>I'm trying to regularize the formatting of some XSLT files

On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 at 23:37, <gerrit.imsieke at le-tex.de> wrote: > Hi Graydon, > > This might not be a serialization but a parsing problem The XML parser > performs attribute value normalization as per > https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#AVNormalize > > I have often wished that there were a parser option to preserve newlines > in attribute values, in particular for keeping the indentation of multiline > XPath expressions in XProc or XSLT in a future XProc 1.0 → 3.0 migration > tool. > > For such a migration, the XPath expressions may need modifications, too, > so I thought they need to be parsed and transformed anyway, and then they > can be re-serialized with indentation (I haven't tried b/c I'm writing > this on the phone, but I strongly believe I can have newlines serialized in > attribute values). > > But in your case a parser option would be useful. > > An alternative could be to apply some text preprocessing to the document. > For example, read it with unparsed-text, use analyze-string to match > attribute values (difficult even in moderately complex cases), replace each > newline with a PUA character and serialize this character as newline using > a character map later on. > > Gerrit > > Sent from MailDroid <https://goo.gl/ODgwBb> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graydon Saunders <graydonish at gmail.com> > To: BaseX <BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de> > Sent: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:50 > Subject: [basex-talk] file:write, formatting, and maps in select attributes > > Hello -- > > I'm trying to regularize the formatting of some XSLT files by loading them > (via doc()) and writing them back out via file:write() > > I know about the *indent* and *indent-attributes* serialization > parameters, and mostly they're doing what I want. > > What I'd like is to preserve a one-line-per-entry format for a map in a > select attribute. For example, I'd like to keep > > <xsl:variable as="map(xs:integer,xs:string)" name="hexNum" select=" > map { > 1: '0', > 2: '1', > 3: '2', > 4: '3', > 5: '4', > 6: '5', > 7: '6', > 8: '7', > 9: '8', > 10: '9', > 11: 'a', > 12: 'b', > 13: 'c', > 14: 'd', > 15: 'e', > 16: 'f' > }" static="yes" /> > > instead of > > <xsl:variable as="map(xs:integer,xs:string)" > name="hexNum" > select=" map { 1: '0', 2: '1', > 3: '2', 4: '3', 5: '4', 6: '5', 7: '6', > 8: '7', 9: '8', 10: '9', 11: 'a', 12: > 'b', 13: 'c', 14: 'd', 15: 'e', 16: 'f' > }" > static="yes"/> > > I don't think there's a way to do this with the serialization parameters, > but is there a way to do this? > > Thanks! > Graydon > > -- > Graydon Saunders | graydonish at fastmail.com > Þæs oferéode, ðisses swá mæg. > -- Deor ("That passed, so may this.") >

On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 8:30 AM Andy Bunce <bunce.andy at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Graydon, > > >I'm trying to regularize the formatting of some XSLT files > > I don't think this can or should be done with BaseX serialization. I would > use a dedicated formater/ pretty printer. > For me the sign of a good formatter is that it tidies random indentation > while preserving what looks intentional. > > Phil Fearon has done a lot of great work on formatting XML/XSLT [1]. I use > his Deltaxml Vscode extension [2] > Works for me [3] > If Vscode is not a route you want to take, maybe the older standalone > xmlspectrum [4] would also work (untested). > > /Andy > > [1] https://github.com/pgfearo > [2] > https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=deltaxml.xslt-xpath > [3] https://imgur.com/a/E0388Si > [3] https://github.com/pgfearo/xmlspectrum > > > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 at 23:37, <gerrit.imsieke at le-tex.de> wrote: > >> Hi Graydon, >> >> This might not be a serialization but a parsing problem The XML parser >> performs attribute value normalization as per >> https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#AVNormalize >> >> I have often wished that there were a parser option to preserve newlines >> in attribute values, in particular for keeping the indentation of multiline >> XPath expressions in XProc or XSLT in a future XProc 1.0 → 3.0 migration >> tool. >> >> For such a migration, the XPath expressions may need modifications, too, >> so I thought they need to be parsed and transformed anyway, and then they >> can be re-serialized with indentation (I haven't tried b/c I'm writing >> this on the phone, but I strongly believe I can have newlines serialized in >> attribute values). >> >> But in your case a parser option would be useful. >> >> An alternative could be to apply some text preprocessing to the >> document. For example, read it with unparsed-text, use analyze-string to >> match attribute values (difficult even in moderately complex cases), >> replace each newline with a PUA character and serialize this character as >> newline using a character map later on. >> >> Gerrit >> >> Sent from MailDroid <https://goo.gl/ODgwBb> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Graydon Saunders <graydonish at gmail.com> >> To: BaseX <BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de> >> Sent: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:50 >> Subject: [basex-talk] file:write, formatting, and maps in select >> attributes >> >> Hello -- >> >> I'm trying to regularize the formatting of some XSLT files by loading >> them (via doc()) and writing them back out via file:write() >> >> I know about the *indent* and *indent-attributes* serialization >> parameters, and mostly they're doing what I want. >> >> What I'd like is to preserve a one-line-per-entry format for a map in a >> select attribute. For example, I'd like to keep >> >> <xsl:variable as="map(xs:integer,xs:string)" name="hexNum" select=" >> map { >> 1: '0', >> 2: '1', >> 3: '2', >> 4: '3', >> 5: '4', >> 6: '5', >> 7: '6', >> 8: '7', >> 9: '8', >> 10: '9', >> 11: 'a', >> 12: 'b', >> 13: 'c', >> 14: 'd', >> 15: 'e', >> 16: 'f' >> }" static="yes" /> >> >> instead of >> >> <xsl:variable as="map(xs:integer,xs:string)" >> name="hexNum" >> select=" map { 1: '0', 2: '1', >> 3: '2', 4: '3', 5: '4', 6: '5', 7: '6', >> 8: '7', 9: '8', 10: '9', 11: 'a', >> 12: 'b', 13: 'c', 14: 'd', 15: 'e', 16: 'f' >> }" >> static="yes"/> >> >> I don't think there's a way to do this with the serialization parameters, >> but is there a way to do this? >> >> Thanks! >> Graydon >> >> -- >> Graydon Saunders | graydonish at fastmail.com >> Þæs oferéode, ðisses swá mæg. >> -- Deor ("That passed, so may this.") >> >