Subject: Re: bug#52864: sgml-tag inserts newlines

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 16:32:56 +0100

Juri Linkov <[email-masked]> writes:

>>   (add-hook 'sgml-mode-hook
>>             (lambda ()
>>               ;; Don't insert newlines after <tag></tag>
>>               (setq-local skeleton-end-newline nil)))
>>
>> Then maybe 'skeleton-end-newline' should be mentioned
>> in the docstring of 'sgml-tag', or maybe even 'sgml-mode'.
>
> Or better to add a new customizable variable
> that defaults to skeleton-end-newline, e.g.
>
>   (defcustom sgml-tag-end-newline skeleton-end-newline
>   ...

Doesn't it depend on what tag you're inserting whether it's likely you
want to have a newline at the end, though?  The more "block"-like tags
would normally be preferably have a newline at the end, while others
don't.

On the other hand, if you're inserting a tag in the middle of the line,
you probably don't want to insert a newline, I think?  So perhaps just
adding that defcustom is the right option...

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