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Bug 31708

Summary: XML reformat source file
Product: xml Reporter: miks <miks>
Component: Text-EditAssignee: issues@xml <issues>
Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.x   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows ME/2000   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on: 31726    
Bug Blocks:    

Description miks 2003-03-05 22:03:39 UTC 
It would be nice if there was the possibility 
to "reformat" XML text automatically. Let me explain:
When you write java code it is possible to "reformat the 
code" that is the identation is added. Well a similar 
feature would be nice in XML so the XML file will 
automatically be indented ...
For example:
<tag1 name="SD"
>
<tag2 id="1">some text</tag2>
</tag1       >
Would be reformatted as:
<tag1 name="SD">
  <tag2 id="1">some text</tag2>
</tag1>
Comment 1 _ pkuzel 2003-03-06 09:57:26 UTC 
General XML formatting requirements are not so simple as you request.
But you are right it's pending task -> many duplicities.

What is content-whitespace and what is indentation-whitespace?
Comment 2 _ pkuzel 2003-03-06 11:05:47 UTC 

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 22510 ***
Comment 3 miks 2003-03-06 21:46:11 UTC 
I think that in the first place the indent-ws feature is 
more needed. That is if a (xml) node is present in another 
node but no text node (filled with chars) is present 
between them then the indentation engine should indent the 
nodes.
for example:
<tag1 name="SD">
<tag2 id="1">some text</tag2>
</tag1>
Would be reformatted as:
<tag1 name="SD">
  <tag2 id="1">some text</tag2>
</tag1>
but the following example:
<tag1 id="1">some text<tag2 name="SD"/>sosome other 
text</tag1>
should be partially reformatted to:
<tag1 id="1">
  some text<tag2 name="SD"/>some other text
</tag1>
Comment 4 _ pkuzel 2003-03-10 11:22:16 UTC 
The second one is problem as nobody gurantee that the WSes are
indent-WSes. On the other hand it's not so common.
Comment 5 Mikhail Matveev 2007-11-23 16:49:05 UTC 
Verified duplicate