[egenix-users] mxTidy: CDATA being indented

[M.-A. Lemburg]

William Trenker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying out mxTidy to provide transparent clean-up for xml files.  
> Included in my xml are elements containing restrucured text.  To 
> perserve the line-breaks and indentations, which are significant in 
> restructured text, I am using CDATA.
> 
> I'm having difficulty figuring out which combination of options to give 
> to mxTidy so that the CDATA sections won't get indented.  I've attached 
> a simply pyton script below to clarify my attempts.

You should switch off indenting: indent="no"

> Thanks for any insight you can pass along.
> 
> Regard,
> Bill
> 
> -----------------script----------------------
> 
> import mx.Tidy as tidy
> 
> xml = '''
> <section>
> <rstx>
> <![CDATA[
> Here is a title
> ---------------
>            Here is a paragraph
>            Here's a second paragraph.
>            * A List; item 1
> * item 2
> * item 3
> ]]>
> </rstx>
> </section>
> '''
> 
> tidied = tidy.tidy(xml,
>    input_xml=1,
>    indent_spaces=4,
>    wrap=0,
>    wrap_sections=0,
>    output_xml=1,
>    indent='auto'
>    )[2]
> 
> print tidied
> 
> --------------output--------------------
> 
> <section>
>    <rstx>
>        <![CDATA[
>        Here is a title
>        ---------------
>                    Here is a paragraph
>                    Here's a second paragraph.
>                    * A List; item 1
>        * item 2
>        * item 3
>        ]]>
>    </rstx>
> </section>
> 

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