From: Mark Hubbart <discordantus@...>
Date: 2005-10-27T16:13:09+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML::Document.write( my_file, 0, true, false )

On 10/26/05, Shea Martin <sheam@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:> Mark Hubbart wrote:>> > 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>  ????
What does "????" mean? Did your reader truncate the message? Or did Imisunderstand your original question?
My response was:
> perhaps ->  REXML::Document.write( my_file, 0 )> or even ->  REXML::Document.write( my_file )
From the rexml docs:
write( output=$stdout, indent_level=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )[...]transitive:	If transitive is true and indent is >= 0, then the outputwill be pretty-printed in such a way that the added whitespace doesnot affect the absolute value of the document � that is, it leaves thevalue and number of Text nodes in the document unchanged.
I think it is the "transitive" argument that is causing the unusualformatting. Regardless, removing the extra arguments makes it printmore prettily.
cheers,Mark