On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:45:24 +0100, Thomas Lotze wrote:
>> What's your real problem, or use case? Are you just concerned with
>> diffing, or are others likely to read the xml, and want it formatted the
>> way it already is?
>
> I'd like to put the XML under revision control along with other st
Please consider this a reply to any unanswered messages I received in
response to my original post.
Dave Angel wrote:
> What's your real problem, or use case? Are you just concerned with
> diffing, or are others likely to read the xml, and want it formatted the
> way it already is?
I'd like t
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:55:52 +0100, Thomas Lotze wrote:
> I wonder what Python XML library is best for writing a program that makes
> small modifications to an XML file in a minimally intrusive way. By that I
> mean that information the program doesn't recognize is kept, as are
> comments and whit
Thomas Lotze wrote:
Chris Rebert wrote:
Have you considered using an XML-specific diff tool such as:
I'm afraid I'll have to fall back to using such a thing if I don't find a
solution to what I actually want to do.
I do realize that XML isn't primarily about its textual representatio
Thomas Lotze wrote:
Chris Rebert wrote:
Have you considered using an XML-specific diff tool such as:
I'm afraid I'll have to fall back to using such a thing if I don't find a
solution to what I actually want to do.
I do realize that XML isn't primarily about its textual representatio
Chris Rebert wrote:
> Have you considered using an XML-specific diff tool such as:
I'm afraid I'll have to fall back to using such a thing if I don't find a
solution to what I actually want to do.
I do realize that XML isn't primarily about its textual representation, so
I guess I shouldn't be s
Stefan Behnel wrote:
> Take a look at canonical XML (C14N). In short, that's the only way to get a
> predictable XML serialisation that can be used for textual diffs. It's
> supported by lxml.
Thank you for the pointer. IIUC, c14n is about changing an XML document so
that its textual representati
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Thomas Lotze wrote:
> I wonder what Python XML library is best for writing a program that makes
> small modifications to an XML file in a minimally intrusive way. By that I
> mean that information the program doesn't recognize is kept, as are
> comments and whitesp
Thomas Lotze, 18.11.2009 13:55:
> I wonder what Python XML library is best for writing a program that makes
> small modifications to an XML file in a minimally intrusive way. By that I
> mean that information the program doesn't recognize is kept, as are
> comments and whitespace, the order of attr
