# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1180517634 0
# Node ID 942d73ba938cca422f9c3039e4a72ae881fff370
# Parent  3f6582a5a4a566a190598dfbb79b23cf79b6e4bf
The `doctype` parameter for serializers can now be a string.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@
  * Added #include directive for text templates (ticket #115).
 
 
+Version 0.4.2
+http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/genshi/tags/0.4.2/
+(?, from branches/stable/0.4.x)
+
+ * The `doctype` parameter of the markup serializers now also accepts the "name"
+   of the doctype as string, in addition to the `(name, pubid, sysid)` tuple.
+ * The I18n filter was not replacing the original attributes with the
+   translation, but instead adding a second attribute with the same name.
+
+
 Version 0.4.1
 http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/genshi/tags/0.4.1/
 (May 21 2007, from branches/stable/0.4.x)
diff --git a/genshi/output.py b/genshi/output.py
--- a/genshi/output.py
+++ b/genshi/output.py
@@ -150,12 +150,16 @@
         
         :param doctype: a ``(name, pubid, sysid)`` tuple that represents the
                         DOCTYPE declaration that should be included at the top
-                        of the generated output
+                        of the generated output, or the name of a DOCTYPE as
+                        defined in `DocType.get`
         :param strip_whitespace: whether extraneous whitespace should be
                                  stripped from the output
+        :note: Changed in 0.4.2: The  `doctype` parameter can now be a string.
         """
         self.preamble = []
         if doctype:
+            if isinstance(doctype, basestring):
+                doctype = DocType.get(doctype)
             self.preamble.append((DOCTYPE, doctype, (None, -1, -1)))
         self.filters = [EmptyTagFilter()]
         if strip_whitespace: