class REXML::Text

def indent_text(string, level=1, style="\t", indentfirstline=true)
  return string if level < 0
  new_string = ''
  string.each_line { |line|
    indent_string = style * level
    new_line = (indent_string + line).sub(/[\s]+$/,'')
    new_string << new_line
  }
  new_string.strip! unless indentfirstline
  return new_string
end