Problem with newlines when I use toprettyxml()

Question

I\'m currently using the toprettyxml() function of the xml.dom module in a Python script and I\'m having some trouble with the newlines. If don\'t

Answer 1

toprettyxml() is quite awful. It is not a matter of Windows and '\r\n'. Trying any string as the newlparameter shows that too many lines are being added. Not only that, but other blanks (that may cause you problems when a machine reads the xml) are also added.

Some workarounds available at
http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/xml-dom-minidom-toprettyxml-and-silly-whitespace