From: Shea Martin <sheam@...>
Date: 2005-10-26T12:52:04+09:00
Subject: REXML::Document.write( my_file, 0, true, false )

I am reading in simple xml document, adding an element and writing it out.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- my comment -->
<shopping_list_doc>
   <food_group name="Veggies">
     <description>
       the green ones
     </description>
     <item name="broccoli"/>
  </food_group>
</shopping_list_doc>


But when I write out the document I get

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- my comment 
-->
<shopping_list_doc>
   <food_group name="Veggies">
     <description>
       the green ones
     </description
    >
     <item name="broccoli"
   /><item name="new veggie"
   >
  </food_group
 >
</shopping_list_doc
>

Is there a way to prevent the extra newline characters on closing brackets? 
Or am I better to call an external command to do the formatting for me?

THanks,

~S