Bernd Kuemmerlen wrote: > > we are using XXE to edit DocBook XML and commit the files to cvs. For > this, we added XML comments of the form > > <!-- $Id$ --> > <!-- $Source$ --> > > to the templates we use. > > Currently, we have these comments just outside the document element, e.g. > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" > "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd";> > <!--$Id$--> > <!--$Source$--> > <chapter> > ... > </chapter> > > When saving these files from XXE, we get > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" > "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd";><!--$Id$--><!--$Source$--> > <chapter> > ... > </chapter> > > i.e. the comments are put on one line with the DOCTYPE declaration. > This is a problem for cvs, since it then can't resolve changes in the > $Id$ and $Source$ keys. > > When putting the comments inside the document element: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" > "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd";> > <chapter> > <!--$Id$--> > <!--$Source$--> > ... > </chapter> > > they are saved "as-is", i.e. with the linebreaks. > > I understand that the linebreaks and the whitespace are not relevant, > but it seems that the handling shouldn't be different inside and outside > the document element (unless there's a specific reason to do it like > it's currently done). > > Until then, as a workaround we move the comments inside the document > element.
OK. You'll have it in XXE V2.4.
