From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2004-03-15T05:30:44+09:00
Subject: Re: UseFold in YAML

Gerard A.W. Vreeswijk wrote:
> I try to make YAML fold newlines.  Sometimes it does, sometimes it
> doesn't.  Does anyone has an idea of what's happening here?  Or is
> this just the way YAML works?  Thanks.

i hate the way folding works right now.  it's quite nonsensical.  i'd 
like to improve it so it could be customized at each node.

   # where `str', `str2', `str3' contains long text
   str.to_yaml = {:fold => true, :width => 80}
   str2.to_yaml = {:fold => false}
   str3.to_yaml = {:fold => true, :keep => false}

   # root settings will be overriden by individual singleton's settings
   [str, str2, str3].to_yaml( :fold => true }

the `keep' setting refers to keeping end newlines (the '+' and '-' 
options in YAML).  with `keep' set to false, no effort would be made to 
keep newlines.

how does this sound?

_why