In the processing of incoming xml-data this is typeset as is, not as processed text. Thus for example: with \xmlflush{#1} the incoming data: "<text>its_content</text>" is not typeset as: "its_content", but as: <text>its_content</text>. Substitution of \xmlcontext{#1}{.} for \xmlflush{#1} makes everything go away. Allthough my program is a bit too long to present here, a minimal example is the application of \xmlstripped{#1}{.} instead of \xmlflush{#1}; it has the same result. The output below shows how things looks and clarifies the issue; see the second answer of the multiple choice. How to process these data to neatly typeset material? Hans van der Meer