Re: [xml2rfc-dev] [Ext] Re: [Rfc-markdown] [xml2rfc] <br> is back, was: New xml2rfc release: v2.32.0

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 05.11.2019 20:47, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 05.11.2019 20:37, Heather Flanagan wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 5, 2019, at 2:30 PM, Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05.11.2019 19:55, Heather Flanagan wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Matching what you see aside, do you have any concerns with my
>>>> requirements?
>>>>
>>>> Heather
>>>
>>> Yes, of course.
>>
>> To be clear, for my own sanity:
>>
>> Yes, of course you have concerns with the functional requirement I
>> described, or
>
> You said that "<br/>" should be ignored when the document/section title
> is referenced. I believe that's wrong; it should be treated as whitespace.
>
>> Yes, of course you have concerns with how the requirement is
>> technically implemented?
>
> Well, xml2rfc currently does not implement <br>, but is does implement
> the unicode line break character
> (<https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2028/index.htm>). *That*
> implementation carries over the line break into the ToC, and I believe
> that's wrong, and it also does not seem to be what you want. (I did not
> check what happens with <xref> or <reference>, but I can check that if
> that's of interest).
> ...

Attached: in text output of <reference>s, xml2rfc substitutes the line
break with a whitespace. For <xref format="title"/> the line break is
preserved and appears in the text output.

(I assume the HTML is consistent with that)

Best regards, Julian