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July 2006

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[lxml-dev] tostring() escapes and adding cdata section
by Gerald John M. Manipon July 13, 2006

July 13, 2006

Hi, Quick question: How can I prevent the escaping (specifically '&' into '&' that occurs when I use tostring()? i.e. >>> from lxml.etree import * >>> r = Element('root') >>> s = SubElement(r,'sub') >>> s.text = 'http://test/cgi-bin/test.cgi?a=123.2&b=asdfe&b="3asd"' >>> s.text 'http://test/cgi-bin/test.cgi?a=123.2&b=asdfe&b="3asd"' >>> tostring(s) '<sub>http://test/cgi-bin/test.cgi?a=123.2&b=asdfe&b="3asd"</sub>' I'm currently just doing a .replace('&','&') on the string I get back. Also, is there a way to specify that an element's text should be enclosed as a CDATA? Thanks for any help. Gerald

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[lxml-dev] let lxml write the ?xml pi
by Andreas Pakulat July 11, 2006

July 11, 2006

Hi, I think this has been asked before, but I can't find it in my archive (or the official one).. Is it possible to tell lxml to add the <?xml version="1.0" encoding=".."?> when serializing an ElementTree? I couldn't find anything about this in the documentation. Andreas -- You have taken yourself too seriously.

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