hi, i;m trying to output an xml files and with xmerl 0.15 i seem to recall newlines were put in for me. now i upgraded to 0.18 and the xml is one long string -- fine for word-wrap editor like emacs otherwise i bit hard to use. J __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com