Index: trunk/src/view.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/view.c	(revision 21329)
+++ trunk/src/view.c	(revision 21330)
@@ -217,6 +217,20 @@
 	gds_append_str(dst, "}\n");
 }
 
+void pcb_view_save_list_begin(gds_t *dst, const char *prefix)
+{
+	if (prefix != NULL)
+		gds_append_str(dst, prefix);
+	gds_append_str(dst, "li:view_list.v1 {\n");
+}
+
+void pcb_view_save_list_end(gds_t *dst, const char *prefix)
+{
+	if (prefix != NULL)
+		gds_append_str(dst, prefix);
+	gds_append_str(dst, "}\n");
+}
+
 void pcb_view_save(pcb_view_t *v, gds_t *dst, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int g, n;
Index: trunk/src/view.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/view.h	(revision 21329)
+++ trunk/src/view.h	(revision 21330)
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@
 /* Calculate and set v->bbox from v->objs[] bboxes */
 void pcb_view_set_bbox_by_objs(pcb_data_t *data, pcb_view_t *v);
 
+
+/*** Save a serialized view (or list of views) ***/
+
+/* In case of saving a list or saving into a file, call begin/end before/after
+   saving the view item */
+void pcb_view_save_list_begin(gds_t *dst, const char *prefix);
+void pcb_view_save_list_end(gds_t *dst, const char *prefix);
+
 /* Serialize/save a view into dst as a lihata string, each line optionally
    prefixed (prefix can be NULL) */
 void pcb_view_save(pcb_view_t *v, gds_t *dst, const char *prefix);
Index: trunk/src_plugins/dialogs/dlg_view.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/dialogs/dlg_view.c	(revision 21329)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/dialogs/dlg_view.c	(revision 21330)
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 
 	gds_init(&tmp);
 
-	gds_append_str(&tmp, "li:view_list.v1 {\n");
+	pcb_view_save_list_begin(&tmp, NULL);
 	if (r->user_data2.lng == 0) {
 		/* dump a whole category */
 		for(rc = gdl_first(&r->children); rc != NULL; rc = gdl_next(&r->children, rc)) {
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
 				pcb_view_free(v);
 		}
 	}
-	gds_append_str(&tmp, "}\n");
+	pcb_view_save_list_end(&tmp, NULL);
 	pcb_gui->clip_set(PCB_HID_CLIPFMT_TEXT, tmp.array, tmp.used+1);
 	gds_uninit(&tmp);
 	if (cut)