Hi.... I need help :-/ 1) "Array" of "String" objects each String is a news article dumping Array .to_yaml gives: --- !seq - "Path: ...!not-for-mail\nFrom: ... - "Path: ...!not-for-mail\nFrom: ... - "Path: ...!not-for-mail\nFrom: ... - | Path: ...!not-for-mail From: ... Subject: ... [...] - "Path: ...!not-for-mail\nFrom: ... - "Path: ...!not-for-mail\nFrom: ... [...] Question: Why are some articles one liners with \n while others are dumped in original linebreak style? 2) in yaml4r cookbook: >Simple Inline Array >Sequences can be contained on a single line, using the inline syntax. So arrays don't dump in seq: - a - b - c but in seq: [ a, b, c ] Question: So far I was unable to dump the short style from Ruby - how to...? 3) yaml+bzip2 The yaml ascii dumps may get large, any easy way to auto filter load/save through bzip2? Thanks! Martin