[openbox] comment in rc.xml

[Mikael Magnusson]

On 18 March 2012 21:29, Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida at gmail.com> wrote:
> A xml(?) problem:
>
>     1      <keybind key="C-S-c">
>     2        <action name="Execute">
>     3          <execute>chromium
> --proxy-server="https=127.0.0.1:8118;http=127.0.0.1:8118"</execute>
>     4  <!--        <execute>chromium --no-proxy-server</execute>-->
>     5        </action>
>     6      </keybind>
>
> The second <execute> line (line 4) is commented out. The idea is to use privoxy
> usually, and disable proxy ocasionally (when privoxy misbehaves). The problem
> is that this file is not accepted when trying to reload the openbox config: it
> says the comment is not terminated. Trying to comment out line 3 instead shows
> the same problem. What happens is that the 2 dashes in --proxy-server or
> --no-proxy-server are causing all the trouble: leaving just one makes an
> accepted, albeit useless, directive. Bug in openbox config system? (My
> knowledge of xml is rudimentary at best.)

This is simply how xml works, double dashes are invalid in comments.

http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-comments

-- 
Mikael Magnusson