Re: Read/Write file, break lines at 256 (or more) but NOT elements

If Michael says that XSLT is the way to go then in all likelyhood he
is right. But maybe someone on this list could still suggest a perlish
way to solve that problem.

I find that Perl is good and fast with XSLT1 via LibXML  and
XML::LibXSLT and  that documentation of XML::LibXSLT is sufficient and
less obscure than the rest of LibXML to the LibXML novice. Installing
LibXSLT on Unix should also be easier than on other platforms.

I only have problems with perl and XSLT2. But even for that there is a
solution now via XML::Saxon::XSLT2, by the way, but your problem
certainly does not seem worth the trouble.



On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Michael Ludwig <[email protected]> wrote:
> You replied off-list; please keep replies on-list.
>
> Charlie Hanpru schrieb am 21.03.2011 um 07:49 (-0400):
>>
>> I have thought about using XSLT but this Perl script is to run on a
>> Un*x platform and IT won't install a XSLT processor like Saxon.
>
> They can install libxml2 and the Perl interface.
>
>> Can what I want be easily done with just Perl?
>
> I'd say no: it seems to me that it's not worth the effort.
>
> Michael
>
>> > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:47:09 +0100
>> > From: [email protected]
>> > To: [email protected]
>> > Subject: Re: Read/Write file, break lines at 256 (or more) but NOT elements
>> >
>> > Charlie Hanpru schrieb am 17.03.2011 um 08:55 (-0400):
>> > >
>> > > I have Perl script that reads in a xml file. Adds carriage returns
>> > > in fron of specific elements then write the results to a TMP file.
>> > > The problem I am having is if there is a tag with multiple
>> > > attributes it will get broken in the middle which I can't have.
>> > > How do I break the lines at 256 characters (or more) but NOT a
>> > > tag?
>> >
>> > You're using a non-XML tool (Text::Wrap) to process XML.
>> >
>> > To achieve what you want, use XSLT (@strip-space and @indent set),
>> > call it from a Perl script where you register a hook to process the
>> > text nodes and apply the formatting you want.
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