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    copied!<p>Running the following simple script:</p> <pre><code>from lxml import etree tree = etree.parse('VimKeys.xml') root = tree.getroot() for child in root: print ("&lt;table&gt;") print ("&lt;caption&gt;" + child.attrib['title'] + "&lt;/caption&gt;") for child in child: print ("&lt;tr&gt;") print ("&lt;th&gt;" + child.text + "&lt;/th&gt;") print ("&lt;td&gt;" + child.attrib['description'] + "&lt;/td&gt;") print ("&lt;/tr&gt;") print ("&lt;/table&gt;") </code></pre> <p>against the following xml:</p> <pre><code>&lt;keycommands&gt; &lt;category title="Editing"&gt; &lt;key description="replace"&gt;r&lt;/key&gt; &lt;key description="change, line"&gt;c,cc&lt;/key&gt; &lt;key description="join line with the following"&gt;J&lt;/key&gt; &lt;key description="delete &amp;amp; insert"&gt;s&lt;/key&gt; &lt;key description="change case"&gt;~&lt;/key&gt; &lt;key description="apply last edit"&gt;.&lt;/key&gt; &lt;key description="undo, redo"&gt;u,⌃+r&lt;/key&gt; &lt;key description="indent line right, left"&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;,&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&lt;/key&gt; &lt;key description="auto-indent line"&gt;==&lt;/key&gt; &lt;/category&gt; &lt;/keycommands&gt; </code></pre> <p>results in the following:</p> <pre><code>&lt;caption&gt;Editing&lt;/caption&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;r&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;replace&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;c,cc&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;change, line&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;J&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;join line with the following&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;s&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;delete &amp; insert&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;~&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;change case&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;.&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;apply last edit&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;u,⌃+r&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;undo, redo&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;indent line right, left&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;==&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;auto-indent line&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt; </code></pre> <p>which is invalid HTML due to the less than and greater than signs which were referenced as </p> <pre><code>&amp;lt; and &amp;gt; </code></pre> <p>in the source document.</p> <p>How can I preserve these in the final product?</p>
 

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