- From: Fred Bone <Fred.Bone@dial.pipex.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:46:04 +0100
- To: html-tidy@w3.org
On 26 October 2017 at 23:42, Harlan Stenn said: > I'm running tidy 5.5.70, and when tidy sees a line like: > > <p>Last update: <!-- #BeginDate format:En2m -->11-Sep-2010 05:53<!-- > #EndDate --> > > (a single line) it turns it into: > > <p>Last update: <!-- #BeginDate format:En2m -->11-Sep-2010 05:53 > <!-- #EndDate --> > > which, ordinarily, is a perfectly fine thing to do. > > The trick is, the script we have to auto-update the timestamp inside the: > > <!-- #BeginDate format:En2m -->11-Sep-2010 05:53<!-- #EndDate --> > > section can't easily handle having the end tag be on a separate line. > > Is there a way that I can tell tidy to avoid cleaning up this line? Your problem seems to result from the length of the line. I suggest abbreviating the comments to bring the line length down to the point where Tidy won't insist on breaking it (and adjusting your script accordingly).
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