Hey all,
I posted a question on StackOverflow the other day that I thought would be reasonably easy to answer, but actually, I got nothin', zilch, nada. Rather than repeat the question here, here's the link:
I don't mind if there's a way of formatting the XML with something other than REXML - whatever achieves the result is good with me. Any help would be really welcome as I've spend *ages* now trying to do this one stupid thing.
Many thanks,
Charles
http://www.germane-software.com/software/XML/rexml/doc/classes/REXML/Formatters.html
robert
2009/9/15 Charles Roper <reachme@charlesroper.co.uk>:
Hey all,
I posted a question on StackOverflow the other day that I thought would be
reasonably easy to answer, but actually, I got nothin', zilch, nada. Rather
than repeat the question here, here's the link:I don't mind if there's a way of formatting the XML with something other
than REXML - whatever achieves the result is good with me. Any help would be
really welcome as I've spend *ages* now trying to do this one stupid thing.
--
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http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
FTFY
require 'rubygems'
require 'nokogiri'
doc = Nokogiri::XML(DATA.read) { |cfg| cfg.noblanks }
Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
xml.doc = doc
xml.parent = doc.at('dict')
xml.key('gutter')
xml.string('#282828')
end
puts doc.to_xml
__END__
<dict>
<key>background</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string>
<key>caret</key>
<string>#000000</string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#000000</string>
<key>invisibles</key>
<string>#BFBFBF</string>
<key>lineHighlight</key>
<string>#00000012</string>
<key>selection</key>
<string>#BAD6FD</string>
</dict>
Doesn't use REXML, but does output the formatting you want. Hope that helps!
On Sep 15, 2009, at 12:48 AM, Charles Roper wrote:
Hey all,
I posted a question on StackOverflow the other day that I thought would be reasonably easy to answer, but actually, I got nothin', zilch, nada. Rather than repeat the question here, here's the link:
I don't mind if there's a way of formatting the XML with something other than REXML - whatever achieves the result is good with me. Any help would be really welcome as I've spend *ages* now trying to do this one stupid thing.
---
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com
Hi Robert, thanks for the link. I have already spent quite some time looking over these formatters and I just can't seem to get the formatting I want. It's probably me being stupid, but I can't see how to get the result I want.
I want the last 3 lines to look like this:
<key>gutter</key>
<string>#282828</string>
</dict>
But I can only get this:
<key>gutter</key><string>#282828</string></dict>
or this:
<key>
gutter
</key>
<string>
#282828
</string>
</dict>
Many thanks.
Charles
Aaron Patterson wrote:
[Nokogiri] doesn't use REXML, but does output the formatting you want. Hope that
helps!
Nokogiri looks super-nice. Much simpler than REXML from an initial
glance. I'm going to have a play with it shortly. Already loving the
CSS3 selectors which, for me, coming from a design background, are so
much easier to grok than XPath. Although having said that, I was kind of
getting into XPath since I started playing around with REXML. Cool how
you can mix-and-match in Nokigiri.
Thanks for the head-up!
Cheers,
Charles
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Bte, your XML is invalid. The opening tag is missing.
And, apparently you did not read the docs properly:
irb(main):143:0> d = REXML::Document.new
"<dict><key>gutter</key><string>#282828</string></dict>"
=> <UNDEFINED> ... </>
irb(main):144:0> f=REXML::Formatters::Pretty.new
=> #<REXML::Formatters::Pretty:0x1037b030 @indentation=2, @level=0,
@ie_hack=false, @width=80, @compact=false>
irb(main):145:0> f.compact=true
=> true
irb(main):146:0> puts f.write(d.root,"")
<dict>
<key>gutter</key>
<string>#282828</string>
</dict>
=> nil
irb(main):147:0>
Cheers
robert
2009/9/15 Charles Roper <reachme@charlesroper.co.uk>:
On 15/09/2009 08:55, Robert Klemme wrote:
robert
Hi Robert, thanks for the link. I have already spent quite some time looking
over these formatters and I just can't seem to get the formatting I want.
It's probably me being stupid, but I can't see how to get the result I want.I want the last 3 lines to look like this:
<key>gutter</key>
<string>#282828</string>
</dict>But I can only get this:
<key>gutter</key><string>#282828</string></dict>
or this:
<key>
gutter
</key>
<string>
#282828
</string>
</dict>
--
remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end
http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
Robert Klemme wrote:
Bte, your XML is invalid. The opening tag is missing.
Yeah, sorry, I didn't give terribly clear background infomation. That
XML I posted was just a snippet from a full XML document. Example:
I didn't paste the whole thing because I didn't want to clutter the post
too much. Sorry for not explaining that more clearly. 
irb(main):146:0> puts f.write(d.root,"")
Awesome, this gave me the clue I needed. I was doing this:
puts out.write(tmtheme,"")
Whereas I needed to do this:
puts out.write(tmtheme.root,"")
Bingo! Thanks for your help Robert, it is very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Charles
2009/9/15 Charles Roper <reachme@charlesroper.co.uk>:
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