In a recent note, Kurt Quackenbush said:
> Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 09:21:51 -0400
>
> > 2. Package control tags may contain comments. Comments start with <!--
> > (hex 4C5A6060) and end with --> (hex 60606E). The first -->
> > encountered after the initial <!-- will end the comment. A comment
> > may precede or follow a tag, but may not appear within a tag.
> >
> > This requires some clarification for me regarding the distinction
> > between being "contained" and "appearing within".
>
> I believe these are geneneral XML syntax conventions and not specific
> for the GIMZIP or GIMUNZIP service routines. Therefore, here is a
> general example:
>
> <element <!-- this comment appears within a tag: bad -->
> attr="value"> <!-- this comment follows a tag: good -->
> </element>
>
Thanks. OK. In the language of:
Linkname: Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition)
URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-starttags
... I believe I'd rather state this as:
A comment may appear between a start-tag and its matching
end-tag, but never within a tag.
> There is nothing you can specify as input to GIMZIP that will cause it
> to create a comment in the generated GIMPAF.XML file. The description
> attribute can be used to convey textual information in the generated file.
>
Alas. I'll see whether I can comfortably operate within the
500 characters allowed for "description". (That's only 6
lines since (I believe) trailing blanks through column 72
are significant, aren't they? Lawyers sometimes want more.)
Thanks again,
gil
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