Add option for writing terse output without newlines

6 files changed, 35 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cf50f430..5bcd4ee2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ serd (1.0.1) unstable;
   * Add extensible logging API
   * Add extensible logging API
   * Add model for storing statements in memory
+  * Add option for writing terse output without newlines
   * Add support for validation
   * Bring read/write interface closer to C standard
   * Make nodes opaque
diff --git a/doc/serdi.1 b/doc/serdi.1
index 8e07e273..3736c1b7 100644
--- a/doc/serdi.1
+++ b/doc/serdi.1
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ Keep relative URIs within \fIROOT_URI\fR.
 Parse \fIINPUT\fR as a string (terminates options).
 
 .TP
+.BR \-t
+Write terser output without newlines.
+
+.TP
 .BR \-v
 Display version information and exit.
 
diff --git a/serd/serd.h b/serd/serd.h
index d8cba126..67ecf1db 100644
--- a/serd/serd.h
+++ b/serd/serd.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ typedef struct {
 */
 typedef enum {
 	SERD_WRITE_ASCII = 1 << 0,  ///< Escape all non-ASCII characters
+	SERD_WRITE_TERSE = 1 << 1,  ///< Write terser output without newlines
 } SerdWriterFlag;
 
 /// Bitwise OR of SerdWriterFlag values
diff --git a/src/n3.c b/src/n3.c
index 467a6ffd..7e64b0f0 100644
--- a/src/n3.c
+++ b/src/n3.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ read_object(SerdReader* reader, ReadContext* ctx, bool emit, bool* ate_dot)
 
 	if (!emit) {
 		ctx->object = o;
-	} else if (!ret && emit && simple && o) {
+	} else if (!ret && simple && o) {
 		ret = emit_statement(reader, *ctx, o);
 		serd_stack_pop_to(&reader->stack, orig_stack_size);
 	}
diff --git a/src/serdi.c b/src/serdi.c
index 8f4b9d64..384fc1c7 100644
--- a/src/serdi.c
+++ b/src/serdi.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ print_usage(const char* name, bool error)
 	fprintf(os, "  -q           Suppress all output except data.\n");
 	fprintf(os, "  -r ROOT_URI  Keep relative URIs within ROOT_URI.\n");
 	fprintf(os, "  -s INPUT     Parse INPUT as string (terminates options).\n");
+	fprintf(os, "  -t           Write terser output without newlines.\n");
 	fprintf(os, "  -v           Display version information and exit.\n");
 	return error ? 1 : 0;
 }
@@ -84,28 +85,28 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 		return print_usage(argv[0], true);
 	}
 
-	SerdSyntax     input_syntax  = (SerdSyntax)0;
-	SerdSyntax     output_syntax = (SerdSyntax)0;
-	bool           from_string   = false;
-	bool           from_stdin    = false;
-	bool           ascii         = false;
-	bool           bulk_read     = true;
-	bool           bulk_write    = false;
-	bool           no_inline     = false;
-	bool           lax           = false;
-	bool           use_model     = false;
-	bool           quiet         = false;
-	size_t         stack_size    = 4194304;
-	const char*    add_prefix    = NULL;
-	const char*    chop_prefix   = NULL;
-	const char*    root_uri      = NULL;
-	int            a             = 1;
+	SerdSyntax      input_syntax  = (SerdSyntax)0;
+	SerdSyntax      output_syntax = (SerdSyntax)0;
+	SerdWriterFlags writer_flags  = 0;
+	bool            from_string   = false;
+	bool            from_stdin    = false;
+	bool            bulk_read     = true;
+	bool            bulk_write    = false;
+	bool            no_inline     = false;
+	bool            lax           = false;
+	bool            use_model     = false;
+	bool            quiet         = false;
+	size_t          stack_size    = 4194304;
+	const char*     add_prefix    = NULL;
+	const char*     chop_prefix   = NULL;
+	const char*     root_uri      = NULL;
+	int             a             = 1;
 	for (; a < argc && argv[a][0] == '-'; ++a) {
 		if (argv[a][1] == '\0') {
 			from_stdin = true;
 			break;
 		} else if (argv[a][1] == 'a') {
-			ascii = true;
+			writer_flags |= SERD_WRITE_ASCII;
 		} else if (argv[a][1] == 'b') {
 			bulk_write = true;
 		} else if (argv[a][1] == 'e') {
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 			from_string = true;
 			++a;
 			break;
+		} else if (argv[a][1] == 't') {
+			writer_flags |= SERD_WRITE_TERSE;
 		} else if (argv[a][1] == 'i') {
 			if (++a == argc) {
 				return missing_arg(argv[0], 'i');
@@ -202,8 +205,6 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	SerdWorld* world  = serd_world_new();
 	SerdEnv*   env    = serd_env_new(base);
 
-	const SerdWriterFlags writer_flags = (ascii ? SERD_WRITE_ASCII : 0U);
-
 	const SerdSerialisationFlags serialisation_flags =
 		no_inline ? SERD_NO_INLINE_OBJECTS : 0U;
 
diff --git a/src/writer.c b/src/writer.c
index fcd0e507..8f155743 100644
--- a/src/writer.c
+++ b/src/writer.c
@@ -412,16 +412,20 @@ uri_sink(const void* buf, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* stream)
 static void
 write_newline(SerdWriter* writer)
 {
-	sink("\n", 1, writer);
-	for (int i = 0; i < writer->indent; ++i) {
-		sink("\t", 1, writer);
+	if (writer->flags & SERD_WRITE_TERSE) {
+		sink(" ", 1, writer);
+	} else {
+		sink("\n", 1, writer);
+		for (int i = 0; i < writer->indent; ++i) {
+			sink("\t", 1, writer);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
 static void
 write_top_level_sep(SerdWriter* writer)
 {
-	if (!writer->empty) {
+	if (!writer->empty && !(writer->flags & SERD_WRITE_TERSE)) {
 		write_newline(writer);
 	}
 }