On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Ara.T.Howard wrote:

>
> i'm trying use the htree library for a relatively simple task in the hope 
> that
> it's parser will outlive one i roll on my own - it certainly seems robust as
> it is...  in any case i'm trying to do the following
>
>  - scan a doc for any elements that have a certain attribute
>  - iff the element with that attribute is of a certain class (b, i, pre, 
> etc)
>    then i'll want to replace the text of that element in-place
>  - finally, a new doc will be produced
>
> any hints appreciated.  i've got a hand parsed version running now - but
> really would like to use htree.

on a related note, does this seem right to people:

   irb(main):019:0> HTree("<hr/>").display_html ''
   => "<hr\n>"

notice it ate the closing slash.  i know that's bad form, but i wonder if this
is intended or not...

-a
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