Subject: bug#47877: [PATCH] Respect sgml-xml-mode

From: Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 07:27:16 +0000

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> sgml-xml-mode is a user option that is over-riden by smgl-mode. When I
>> customize sgml-xml-mode to be enabled for every sgml-mode derived mode
>> (specifically html-mode), it is disabled because a HTML file does not
>> have to be a valid XML file -- even if I would want it to be.
>>
>> This patch only sets sgml-xml-mode if we know that the current file is
>> an XML file, but leaves the default value if it cannot be said for sure.
>
> Thanks for the patch.
>
> Your explanation sounds reasonable, but could you perhaps provide a
> recipe for how to reproduce this problem (preferably starting from emacs
> -Q)?

1. Customize sgml-xml-mode to t
2. Open a HTML file
3. Insert a tag using C-c C-o, eg. <p>

Compare this to

1. Open a HTML file
2. Manually set sgml-xml-mode to t
3. Insert a tag using C-c C-o, eg. <p>

and in this time you will also have a </p> tag generated, as intended.

-- 
	Philip K.