# File temp/xmldecl.rb, line 40
                def write writer, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false
      return "" unless @writethis or writer.kind_of? Output
                        indent( writer, indent )
                        writer << START.sub(/\\/u, '')
      if writer.kind_of? Output
        writer << " #{content writer.encoding}"
      else
        writer << " #{content encoding}"
      end
                        writer << STOP.sub(/\\/u, '')
                end