Changing DefaultDOMWriter settings

Is there a way to easily change DefaultDOMWriter settings without 
having to override handleViewEvent(ViewEventContext context)? 
Generally, I like to remain insulated from rendering/writing details
so I often make use of BTemplateViewHandler or DefaultViewHandler to
handle response events.  But in some cases, I'd like to turn on
prettyPrinting or set cache behavior at some point in the event
cycle.

I know I could override handleViewEvent(ViewEventContext vec) in
DefaultViewHandler but there's so much going on in there I'd rather
have an easier way of changing those DefaultDOMWriter settings.  If
there is no such mechanism, I'll go ahead and override but I thought
I'd ask first.  Thanks!

Ron