[Framers] Space being removed in structured output

[Yves Barbion]

I have just tested this in FrameMaker 2017 (with DITA-FMx) and in 2019
(without DITA-FMx):

   1. Open the topic as you posted it (in Frame 2017 and 2019).
   Result: the space after <i>Safe life </i> is gone, so no space between
   the words "life" and "design" anymore.
   2. Remove the space  after the word "life" and type a space right after
   the  italics end tag </i>, so just before the word "design". Then save,
   close and reopen the file.
   Result: Surprise! The space is still there.

I think it's a better practice in general to type the space outside the
inline element.

Kind regards

Yves




On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 16:59, Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote:

> Thank you Yves. I am taking care of this now in my XSLT, but I may fix it
> in
> the source.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com>
> On
> Behalf Of Yves Barbion
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 10:52 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Space being removed in structured output
>
> Hi Rick
>
> That's the old "whitespace normalization" bug. Sometimes, FrameMaker has a
> problem with inline elements, such as <i>. By the way, you should use a
> "more semantically appropriate element" as per the DITA spec, but I
> digress.
>
> This has been discussed years ago in this user group, so you may want to
> seach for "whitespace" in the archives. Scott's DITA-FMx plugin seems to do
> a better job with whitespace normalization.
>
> Cheers
>
> Yves Barbion
> www.flowtime.be
>
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 16:39, Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote:
>
> > If the space is after the </i> tag instead of inside of it, it works
> > as it should. That is a dumb "feature" if you ask me.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Framers
> > <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com>
> > On
> > Behalf Of Rick Quatro
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:17 AM
> > To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.'
> > <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: [Framers] Space being removed in structured output
> >
> > Hi All, I am generating dita programatically:
> >
> >
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >
> > <!DOCTYPE concept
> >
> >   PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA 1.3 Concept//EN"
> > "technicalContent/dtd/concept.dtd">
> >
> > <concept id="i729608">
> >
> >    <title xtrf="Heading2">Safe Life</title>
> >
> >    <conbody>
> >
> >       <p xtrf="Para">
> >
> >          <i>Safe life </i>design provides reserves
> >
> > in all aspects of the structure by factoring all calculations.</p>
> >
> >    </conbody>
> >
> > </concept>
> >
> >
> >
> > When I open this concept in FrameMaker, the space after "Safe life" in
> > the <p> element is being removed. Is there a setting in structured
> > FrameMaker that I am missing? I am using FM 2019 with the standard DITA
> applications.
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick Quatro
> >
> > Carmen Publishing Inc.
> >
> > rick at frameexpert.com
> >
> > 585-729-6746
> >
> > www.frameexpert.com/store/
> >
> >
> >
> > Save on energy at quatro.mystream.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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