Hello, So, here's a way to solve my SSI problem: add a generic tag type that doesn't eat the statements, that comes before the standard comment in the @tag_types list: diff -u -r1.46 Xml.pm --- Xml.pm 12 Apr 2006 23:46:01 -0000 1.46 +++ Xml.pm 9 Jun 2006 22:25:42 -0000 @@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ ##### Generic XML tag types #####' my @tag_types = ( + { beginning => "!--#", + end => "--", + breaking => 0}, { beginning => "!--", end => "--", breaking => 0, I'm not sure this is acceptable as it's really html-related, so if you object to its inclusion I'll wait until the API for this is finished. Good night, Y.