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HTML tag selection/matching doesn't work with default Emacs mhtml-mode

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Message #11 received at 61666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org>
Cc: John Cummings <john <at> rootabega.net>, 61666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61666: HTML tag selection/matching doesn't work with
 default Emacs mhtml-mode
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:56:20 -0500

Hi John:

This issue has been resolved in the latest pre-release of Hyperbole
available from the elpa-devel package archive.  Thanks for reporting
it.  -- rsw

Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Thanks, John.  We’ll get this resolved soon.
>
> -- Bob
>
>> On Feb 20, 2023, at 9:18 PM, John Cummings <john <at> rootabega.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I was able to recreate this problem on
>> Emacs 28.2 (debian bookworm)
>> Hyperbole version either 8.0.0 or 8.0.1pre0.20230217.74322
>> Emacs major mode: mhtml-mode
>> 
>> Expected behaviors:
>> Using the Hyperbole action key (M-RET), hui-select-goto-matching-delimiter (C-c .), or hui-select-thing (C-c RET), with an HTML tag pair, will perform the corresponding actions on the entire tag pair.
>> 
>> Actual behaviors:
>> The tag pair is not recognized; instead each tag in the pair is just treated like a plain sexp delimited by its angle brackets.
>> 
>> Cause:
>> It looks like a simple cause - mhtml-mode is not in hui-select-markup-modes by default. But mhtml-mode is the default major mode for .html files, going at least as far back as some Emacs 26 versions, at least in Debian/Ubuntu builds. Adding it to this list made things work as expected.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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