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I have a RHTML template and I would like the output of a RXML partial to be embedded within it. When I do <%= render(:partial => ''list_edit'') %> where there exists a _list_edit.rmxl file, I get XML parsing errors in the browser - I believe because the partial is causing the rendered content to be identified as XML instead of HTML. Is there any way to "pre-render" the RXML (which will simply output HTML anyway), so that I can take advantage of it as a partial...