From: Mark Hubbart <discordantus@...>
Date: 2005-10-26T17:49:07+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML::Document.write( my_file, 0, true, false )

On 10/25/05, Shea Martin <sheam@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 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?

perhaps -
  REXML::Document.write( my_file, 0 )
or even -
  REXML::Document.write( my_file )

cheers,
Mark

> Or am I better to call an external command to do the formatting for me?
>
> THanks,
>
> ~S
>
>