GNU bug report logs - #35381
26.2; nxml-mode doesn't fontify attributes in single quotes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed, patch

Merged with 8203

Found in versions 24.5, 25.0.94, 26.2

Fixed in version 26.3

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 35381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35381: 26.2;
 nxml-mode doesn't fontify attributes in single quotes
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:23:40 -0400

> XML says comments should always be <!--...--> where ... contains no
> "--".

That's also what I remember.

> For SGML, it seems that --...-- is a comment within DTD definitions.

But only within the DTD definition, so in practice I think it means it's
not a comment in SGML files.

> Otherwise only <!-- starts a comment, but "--" can toggle interpretation
> of angle brackets and other special characters.  But browsers may or may
> not handle the toggling thing correctly, so the recommendation for HTML
> is to stick <!--...--> just like XML.  It's all rather confusing.

Confusing is a pretty good description.  From where I stand, I think we
simply shouldn't bother to try and handle "--" specially.  At least not
before someone comes with a concrete use-case.


        Stefan
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