[sword-devel] NET markup of poetic line breaks has missing spaces?

[DM Smith]

On May 15, 2006, at 2:58 PM, L.Allan-pbio wrote:

> The NET has <l /> for poetic line breaks but there isn't an  
> allowance for a space if this isn't turned into a poetic line break  
> (see Ps 23 for examples)

The <l>...</l> indicates whitespace. So this is appropriate.

>
> <hi type="italic">A psalm of David.</hi><milestone type="line" / 
> >The <hi type="small-caps">Lord</hi> is my shepherd,<l />I lack  
> nothing.<l />
>
> He takes me to lush pastures,<l />he leads me to refreshing  
> water.<l />
>
> He restores my strength.<l />He leads me down the right paths<l / 
> >for the sake of his reputation.<l />
>
> Even when I must walk through the darkest valley,<l />I fear no  
> danger,<l />for you are with me;<l />your rod and your staff  
> reassure me. <l />
>
> You prepare a feast before me <l />in plain sight of my enemies.<l / 
> >You refresh my head with oil;<l />my cup is completely full. <l />
>
> Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days,  
> <l />and I will live in the <hi type="small-caps">Lord</hi>'s house  
> for the rest of my life. <l /> </div>

This example is not valid OSIS. A <l> element can only be a child of  
an <lg> element and the <lg> element does not allow for "mixed"  
content. That is, in this example,
The Lord is my shepherd should be in a <l>. (and "He take me to lush  
pastures," and "He restores my strength", ...)
The other problem is that the example ends in a </div> but there is  
no corresponding <div>.

>
> With sword.exe 1.5.8 rc1 and NET 0.9.3 (using mod2vpl), there are  
> missing spaces.

The handling of <l> is difficult, as the pair of </l><l> indicates a  
line break.
Since <l> is an element of a <lg> the first <l> does not indicate a  
line break and neither does the last </l>.
So it is the near adjacency of </l> and <l> that does (there are a  
few things that can be between a line end and a line begin.)

If Sword 1.5.8 does not handle this paring correctly I think it is a  
bug.

In this case, I think that it would be prudent for a renderer to add  
a space at the end of each line, as it would be visible only under  
the most rare conditions.

>
> A psalm of David.
> The Lord is my shepherd,I lack nothing.
>
> He takes me to lush pastures,he leads me to refreshing water.
>
> He restores my strength.He leads me down the right pathsfor the  
> sake of his reputation.
>
> Even when I must walk through the darkest valley,I fear no  
> danger,for you are with me;your rod and your staff reassure me.
>
> You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies.You  
> refresh my head with oil;my cup is completely full.
>
> Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days,  
> and I will live in the Lord's house for the rest of my life.
>
> Also, the NET uses the following as sort of a paragraph grouping  
> convention:
> <milestone type="line" /><milestone type="line" />
> <milestone type="line" /> <milestone type="line" />
> <milestone type="line"/><milestone type="line"/>
>
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