diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c8aed01..b8493d1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TST_DIR=test
 DOC_DIR=doc
 
 m4_define(x_packagename, libxml-cxx)
-m4_define(x_major, 0)
+m4_define(x_major, 1)
 m4_define(x_minor, 0)
 m4_define(x_least, 0)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(x_packagename, x_major.x_minor.x_least, [marc@waeckerlin.org])
diff --git a/doc/makefile.am b/doc/makefile.am
index 2e6899b..7cad915 100644
--- a/doc/makefile.am
+++ b/doc/makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 develdir = ${pkgdatadir}/doc
 devel_DATA = html/index.html
 
-ALL_SRC = ${top_srcdir}/src/*.[ch]xx ${top_srcdir}/test/*.[ch]xx
+ALL_SRC = ${top_srcdir}/*/*.[ch]xx ${top_srcdir}/*/*/*.[ch]xx
 
 DIRS = html latex
 
diff --git a/install-64-and-32-bit-linux.sh b/install-64-and-32-bit-linux.sh
index 276852e..45d8614 100755
--- a/install-64-and-32-bit-linux.sh
+++ b/install-64-and-32-bit-linux.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ./bootstrap.sh && \
-./configure && \
-make && \
-sudo make install && \
-make clean && \
 LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib32 -m32" CXXFLAGS="-m32" ./configure \
   --libdir=/usr/local/lib32 \
   --build=x86_64 \
@@ -16,5 +12,8 @@ make clean && \
   --host=i586-mingw32msvc && \
 make && \
 sudo make install && \
-make clean
+make clean && \
+./configure && \
+make check && \
+sudo make install
 
diff --git a/src/xml-cxx/xml.hxx b/src/xml-cxx/xml.hxx
index ddc0b68..c6afa8e 100644
--- a/src/xml-cxx/xml.hxx
+++ b/src/xml-cxx/xml.hxx
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ namespace xml {
       exception(std::string reason) throw();
       exception(std::string reason, const Node& t) throw();
       ~exception() throw();
+      void line(unsigned long line) throw();
       const char* what() const throw();
     private:
       std::string _what;
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ namespace xml {
       friend class stream_error;
       Factory(); // not implemented
       Factory(const Factory&); // not implemented
-      bool ws(char c) const throw();
+      bool ws(char c) throw();
       std::auto_ptr<Node> read(std::istream& is, const Node& position)
           throw(wrong_end_tag, wrong_start_tag, tag_expected, type_mismatch,
                 second_slash_in_tag, character_after_slash,
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ namespace xml {
                 missing_end_tag,
                 attribute_value_not_quoted, access_error, duplicate_attribute);
       std::auto_ptr<Node> _template;
+      unsigned long _line;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/xml.cxx b/src/xml.cxx
index f0844ba..29c5843 100644
--- a/src/xml.cxx
+++ b/src/xml.cxx
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ namespace xml {
   exception::~exception() throw() {
     delete _node;
   }
+  void exception::line(unsigned long line) throw() {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss<<line;
+    _what += "\nat line: "+ss.str();
+  }
   const char* exception::what() const throw() {
     static std::string w;
     if (!w.size()) {
@@ -450,7 +455,7 @@ namespace xml {
   }
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Factory::Factory(const Node& t) throw(): _template(t.clone()) {}
+  Factory::Factory(const Node& t) throw(): _template(t.clone()), _line(0) {}
   const Node& Factory::operator*() const throw() {
     return *_template;
   }
@@ -459,24 +464,32 @@ namespace xml {
             second_slash_in_tag,
             character_after_slash, missing_end_tag, attribute_value_not_quoted,
             access_error, empty_stream, duplicate_attribute,
-            attributes_in_end_tag) {
+            attributes_in_end_tag) try {
+    _line=1;
     std::auto_ptr<Node> node(_template->clone());
     node->clear();
     Tag res;
-    try {
+    while (true) try {
       res = tag(is, *node);
+      *node<<res.attributes;
+      switch (res.type) {
+        case END: throw wrong_end_tag(*node, is, res);
+        case EMPTY: return node; // empty
+        case START: return read(is, *_template);
+          //! @todo store instead of ignore
+        case SPECIAL: break;
+      }
     } catch (missing_end_tag&) {
       throw empty_stream(*node, is, res);
     }
-    *node<<res.attributes;
-    while (true) switch (res.type) {
-      case END: throw wrong_end_tag(*node, is, res);
-      case EMPTY: return node; // empty
-      case START: return read(is, *_template);
-      case SPECIAL: break; //! @todo ignored could be stored
-    }
-  }
-  bool Factory::ws(char c) const throw() {
+  } catch (exception& e) {
+    e.line(_line);
+    throw;
+  }
+  bool Factory::ws(char c) throw() {
+    static char last(0);
+    if ((c=='\n'||c=='\r')&&last!='\n'&&last!='\r') ++_line;
+    last = c;
     return c==' '||c=='\t'||c=='\n'||c=='\r';
   }
   std::auto_ptr<Node> Factory::read(std::istream& is, const Node& node)
@@ -516,8 +529,10 @@ namespace xml {
     if (!is) throw missing_end_tag(position, is, tag);
     if (c!='<') do tag.text+=c; while (is && is.get(c) && c!='<');
     bool nameRead(false);
-    for (char last(c); is && is.get(c) && c!='>'; last = c) switch (c) {
-      case ' ': case '\t': case '\n': case '\r':
+    for (char last(c); is && is.get(c) && c!='>'; last=c) switch (c) {
+      case '\n': case '\r':
+        if (last!='\n'&&last!='\r') ++_line;
+      case ' ': case '\t':
         if (!nameRead && tag.name.size()) nameRead=true;
         break;
       case '/':
@@ -527,14 +542,16 @@ namespace xml {
         break;
       case '!': case '?':
         if (last=='<') { // <! tag or <?xml.. starts
+          tag.special+=last;
           do tag.special+=c; while (c!='>' && is && is.get(c));
+          tag.type=SPECIAL;
           return tag;
         }
       default:
         if (tag.type==EMPTY) throw character_after_slash(position, is, tag, c);
         if (nameRead) { // read attribute
           std::string attrname(1, c), attrvalue;
-          while (is && is.get(c) && c!='=' && !ws(c)) attrname+=c;
+          while (is && is.get(c) && c!='=' && c!='>' && !ws(c)) attrname+=c;
           while (c!='=' && is && is.get(c) && ws(c)); // skip ws, search '='
           if (c=='=') { // get the value
             while (is && is.get(c) && ws(c)); // skip ws