diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 426d5e0a..09de16b6 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 - bugfix on backslash within single quoted strings
 - bugfix allow absolute filepath for config files
 - bugfix on special Smarty variable $smarty.cookies
+- revert handling of newline on no output tags like {if...} 
 
 01/13/2010
 - bugfix on {if} tags 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
index 9a587859..752cb3ae 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_CaptureClose extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
         if (isset($append)) {
             $_output .= " \$_smarty_tpl->append($append, ob_get_contents());";
         } 
-        $_output .= " \$_smarty_tpl->smarty->_smarty_vars['capture'][$buffer]=ob_get_clean(); ?>";
+        $_output .= " \$_smarty_tpl->smarty->_smarty_vars['capture'][$buffer]=ob_get_clean();?>";
         return $_output;
     } 
 } 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_if.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_if.php
index d3fa9881..9d05f424 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_if.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_if.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_If extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
             $_output .= "if (\$_smarty_tpl->tpl_vars[".$args['if condition']['var']."]->value = ".$args['if condition']['value']."){?>";
             return $_output;
         } else {
-            return "<?php if ({$args['if condition']}){?>\n";
+            return "<?php if ({$args['if condition']}){?>";
         } 
     } 
 } 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Else extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
         list($nesting, $compiler->tag_nocache) = $this->_close_tag(array('if', 'elseif'));
         $this->_open_tag('else',array($nesting,$compiler->tag_nocache));
 
-        return "<?php }else{ ?>\n";
+        return "<?php }else{ ?>";
     } 
 } 
 
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Elseif extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
 
         if (empty($this->compiler->prefix_code)) {
             $this->_open_tag('elseif', array($nesting, $compiler->tag_nocache));
-            return "<?php }elseif({$args['if condition']}){?>\n";
+            return "<?php }elseif({$args['if condition']}){?>";
         } else {
             $tmp = '';
             foreach ($this->compiler->prefix_code as $code) $tmp .= $code;
             $this->compiler->prefix_code = array();
             $this->_open_tag('elseif', array($nesting + 1, $compiler->tag_nocache));
-            return "<?php }else{?>{$tmp}<?php if ({$args['if condition']}){?>\n";
+            return "<?php }else{?>{$tmp}<?php if ({$args['if condition']}){?>";
         } 
     } 
 } 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Ifclose extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
         list($nesting, $compiler->tag_nocache) = $this->_close_tag(array('if', 'else', 'elseif'));
         $tmp = '';
         for ($i = 0; $i < $nesting ; $i++) $tmp .= '}';
-        return "<?php {$tmp}?>\n";
+        return "<?php {$tmp}?>";
     } 
 } 
 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_include.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_include.php
index 52a4ff91..f82f038e 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_include.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_include.php
@@ -129,15 +129,15 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Include extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
                 $_output .= "\$_template->properties['nocache_hash']  = '{$compiler->template->properties['nocache_hash']}';\n";
                 $_output .= "\$_tpl_stack[] = \$_smarty_tpl; \$_smarty_tpl = \$_template;?>\n";
                 $_output .= $compiled_tpl;
-                $_output .= "<?php \$_smarty_tpl->updateParentVariables($_parent_scope);?>";
-                $_output .= "<?php /*  End of included template \"" . $tpl->getTemplateFilepath() . "\" */ ?>";
+                $_output .= "<?php \$_smarty_tpl->updateParentVariables($_parent_scope);?>\n";
+                $_output .= "<?php /*  End of included template \"" . $tpl->getTemplateFilepath() . "\" */ ?>\n";
                 $_output .= "<?php \$_smarty_tpl = array_pop(\$_tpl_stack);?>";
             } else {
                 $_output .= " echo \$_template->getRenderedTemplate();?>";
                 $_output .= "<?php \$_template->updateParentVariables($_parent_scope);?>";
             } 
         } 
-        $_output .= "<?php unset(\$_template);?>";
+        $_output .= "<?php unset(\$_template);?>\n";
         return $_output;
     } 
 } 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_include_php.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_include_php.php
index 96b3ebe9..e71f978d 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_include_php.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_include_php.php
@@ -57,13 +57,11 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Include_Php extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
             } 
         } 
 
-        $_output = '<?php ';
         if (isset($_assign)) {
-            $_output .= 'ob_start(); include' . $_once . ' (\'' . $_file . '\'); $_smarty_tpl->assign(' . $_assign . ',ob_get_contents()); ob_end_clean();?>';
+            return "<?php ob_start(); include{$_once} ('{$_file}'); \$_smarty_tpl->assign({$_assign},ob_get_contents()); ob_end_clean();?>";
         } else {
-            $_output .= 'include' . $_once . ' (\'' . $_file . '\');?>';
+            return "<?php include{$_once} ('{$_file}');?>\n";
         } 
-        return $_output;
     } 
 } 
 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
index 61374ed3..68e3efd9 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase {
                 $this->tag_nocache = false;
                 $this->template->has_nocache_code = true;
                 $_output = str_replace("'", "\'", $content);
-                $_output = "<?php echo '/*%%SmartyNocache:{$this->nocache_hash}%%*/" . $_output . "/*/%%SmartyNocache:{$this->nocache_hash}%%*/';?>\n"; 
+                $_output = "<?php echo '/*%%SmartyNocache:{$this->nocache_hash}%%*/" . $_output . "/*/%%SmartyNocache:{$this->nocache_hash}%%*/';?>"; 
                 // make sure we include modifer plugins for nocache code
                 if (isset($this->template->saved_modifer)) {
                     foreach ($this->template->saved_modifer as $plugin_name => $dummy) {