Re: [docbook-apps] how to get rid of leading/trailing space inverbatim?

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Bob Stayton wrote:

> <programlisting>
> line 1
> line2
> line3
> </programlisting>
> 
> The way to get no extra lines in the verbatim environment
> is to write it this way:
> 
> <programlisting>line 1
> line2
> line3</programlisting>

dang, you're right, and i should have thought of that.  although
since i prefer to write it the first way (just for aesthetics),
i guess i can redefine the <programlisting> template to remove any
initial and final whitespace text node, yes?

or is that working too hard at this?

rday