[svn] Clarify docs and remove debugging code.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/src/formatters.txt b/docs/src/formatters.txt
index b4d8dc65..4eb64e7d 100644
--- a/docs/src/formatters.txt
+++ b/docs/src/formatters.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ All formatters support this option:
 
     If this is ``""`` or ``None``, Unicode strings will be written
     to the output file, which most file-like objects do not support.
+    For example, `pygments.highlight()` will return a Unicode string if
+    called with no `outfile` argument and a formatter that has `encoding`
+    set to ``None`` because it uses a `StringIO.StringIO` object that
+    supports Unicode arguments to `write()`. Using a regular file object
+    wouldn't work.
 
 The `HtmlFormatter` and `LatexFormatter` classes support these options:
 
diff --git a/pygments/formatters/rtf.py b/pygments/formatters/rtf.py
index 1aa0b9b8..16a69ae2 100644
--- a/pygments/formatters/rtf.py
+++ b/pygments/formatters/rtf.py
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ class RtfFormatter(Formatter):
         return text.replace('\n', '\\par\n')
 
     def format(self, tokensource, outfile):
-        if not self.encoding:
-            outfile.write(u'')
-
         outfile.write(r'{\rtf1\ansi\deff0'
                       r'{\fonttbl{\f0\fmodern\fprq1\fcharset0%s;}}{\colortbl;' %
                       (self.fontface and ' ' + self._escape(self.fontface) or ''))