Re: [xml] How to add newlines to output?

["Martin B." <0xCDCDCDCD gmx at>]

list burtbicksler com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> New to libxml(2) and generally have things pretty well figured out but 
> one issue that I haven't been able to work out is the following:
>
> I am using the API to create a record of the form:
> <root><first 
> id="1"><child1>ChildData</child1><child2>ChildData</child2></first></root>
>
> I would like the resulting xml when saved to a file to be formatted like 
> this.
> <root>
> <first id="1">
> <child1>ChildData</child1>
> <child2>ChildData</child2>
> </first>
> </root>
>
> I found a discussion in the archives that almost addresses this by 
> referring to an FAQ entry #3 which says the preferred way is to generate 
> the formatting yourself.  I would like to do that but so far every API I 
> have tried to use doesn't seem to accomplish what I need to get the 
> resulting formatting.
>
> What specific API, with a minimal example, needs to be used to add the 
> newline (and optional spaces) after each node entry?  If I have missed 
> the specific API / example in the docs please point me to that area of 
> the documentation.

const int indentTreeOutput = 1;
xmlSaveFormatFileEnc(filename, pDoc, "UTF-8", indentTreeOutput);

This is what I use to format my final file.

br,
Martin