added double slash encoding

lib/absolutize.rb

@@ -10,19 +10,20 @@ def initialize(base_url, options = {})
 
     @options[:remove_anchors] = false
     @options[:force_escaping] = true
-
+    @options[:output_debug] = false
   end
 
   def url(new_url)
     # encode the url if the new url contains spaces but doesn't contain %, i.e isn't already encoded
     new_url = new_url.split("#").first if new_url.include?"#" and @options[:remove_anchors]
+    new_url = new_url.gsub("//", "/") if @options[:force_escaping]
     new_url = URI.encode(new_url, " <>\{\}|\\\^\[\]`") if not new_url =~ /%/ and @options[:force_escaping]
     begin
       URI.join(@base_url, new_url).to_s
     rescue URI::InvalidURIError => urie
-      puts "Unable to use URI.join attempting manually"
+      puts "Unable to use URI.join attempting manually" if @options[:output_debug]
       if @base_url =~ /\Ahttp/ and new_url =~ /\A\//
-        puts "base url starts with htt and new_url is relative to root"
+        puts "base url starts with htt and new_url is relative to root" if @options[:output_debug]
         uri = URI.parse(@base_url)
         if uri.port
           "#{uri.scheme}://#{uri.host}:#{uri.port}#{new_url}"
@@ -35,8 +36,6 @@ def url(new_url)
       else
         raise "Unable to absolutize #{base_url} and #{new_url}"
       end
-    end 
-
-    ### remove double slashes
+    end
   end
 end