GNU bug report logs - #22906
SGML-mode can't validate unsaved buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 14:40:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Simen Heggestøyl <simenheg <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22906 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>
Subject: bug#22906: 24.5; eww SGML validate error
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:28:07 +0100

Simen Heggestøyl <simenheg <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I can reproduce this on the current master branch (ec12c670).
>
> The issue seems to be that `sgml-validate' assumes that the buffer is
> visiting a file, which is not the case when you view a web page's source
> from eww.
>
> Maybe we could offer to save the buffer when it's not visiting a file?

I think that would be unusual for commands like this (that have to be
written out to work).  Instead it could save the buffer to a temporary
file, validate and then delete it again.

I'm not sure it's worth it, though.

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