From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-12-02T11:18:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Does REXML add spaces to comments?

phlip2005@gmail.com wrote:
> Rubistas:
> 
> I'm using REXML to read and write XML too often.
> 
> Whenever REXML saves a comment, it adds linefeeds to it. Because I
> write too often, these are stacking up. Is this my fault? I tried
> various doc.write(f, x) options for the indentation levels.


Doesn't seem that way for me:


#--------
require 'rexml/document'
doc = REXML::Document.new( "<foo>Text</foo>" )
doc.root << REXML::Comment.new( 'My Comment')
puts doc  #   <foo>Text<!--My Comment--></foo>
#--------


This is using

ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-06) [i386-mswin32]

on Win2K

> 
> Ruby 1.8.2 (from the Pragmatic Programmers' way cool installer).

I believe this is Curt Hibbs' work, now referred to as the "One-click 
Installer."


James