I added short_empty_elements=False to the write func of etree so that when I have an empty elements ,such as <\t>, it will write it in this format:
<root>
<t></t>
</root>
My problem is that I need it to be in seperate lines, like this:
<root>
<t>
</t>
</root>
and I can't figure out how to do it.
.text='\n' or .text='' both don't work.
Is there any way to do it?
While <t/> and <t></t> are equivalent,
<t/>
and
<t>
</t>
are not. The first form is an empty t element; the second, a t element that contains newline and space characters.
You will not find a serialization option to output the second form in place of the first. You will have to update the content of t to be as you wish prior to serialization, or, preferably, you will have to re-evaluate you motivation for such a suspect requirement in the first place.
