def copy(self, *arg) :
		f, iter = self.get_selected_feature()
		if f :
			xml = etree.Element("LinuxCNC-Features")
			xml.append(f.to_xml())

			# check for the childrens
			citer = self.treestore.iter_children(iter)
			while citer :
				p = self.treestore.get(citer, 0)[0]
				itm = p.get_attr('type')
				if (itm == 'items'):
					pa = f.get_attr('path')
					xmlc = xml.find(".//*[@path='%s']/param[@type='items']" % pa)
					if xmlc != None:
						self.treestore_to_xml_recursion(self.treestore.iter_children(citer), xmlc)
				citer = self.treestore.iter_next(citer)

			self.import_xml(xml)