Re: revised html-mode.el

William M. Perry (wmperry@indiana.edu)
Thu, 21 Apr 94 14:54 EDT


>>>>> "dwc" == Daniel W Connolly <connolly@hal.com> writes:

dwc> In message <m0ptd6c-000028C@monolith>, William M. Perry writes:
>> I think everyone should standardize on psgml - the excellent SGML
>> editing mode by Lennart Stafflin. It actually understands a DTD and
>> only lets you insert contextually valid tags (unless you are
>> absolutely sure and want to enter them by hand). You will need a
>> few sgml files (like ISOlat1, etc), but this is a very general
>> solution. The next time the DTD is updated, you don't have to go
>> and rewrite your entire HTML editing mode - you just recompile the
>> DTD and psgml is ready to go.
>>

dwc> Great idea... now if only it worked on the version of Emacs I
dwc> have!

Alas, right now it does require emacs 19.xx or lucid emacs 19.xx.

dwc> If psgml will work (and work on Mac and PC versions of Emacs like
dwc> html-mode does...) then I agree we should quit supporting
dwc> html-mode.

It will work on the PC using OEmacs 4.1
(oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/oemacs)... I will try porting it to emacs 18.59
on the Mac. (Might even be able to get the menus to work).

-Bill P.