Re: Emacs HTML modes
> On 18/01/02 Arne W. Flones did speaketh:
>
> > Sorry, I do not run Xemacs (nor do I want to). I run emacs only in text mode.
> > Furthermore, I do *NOT* want Emacs to render HTML, I merely want to use Emacs
> > to edit it without the editor making stupid decisions for me, like indenting
> > text 30 characters to the right when it auto-wraps. This worked fine on my
> > Emacs 19 and 20 on my SuSE install. It does *not* work on my Debian install.
> >
> > Plus, what the fsck is "External entity html not found"?
> >
> > Maybe the issue is the Emacs PSGML module. I'll try uninstalling it.
>
> The problem is indeed with psgml-mode. HTML is a language that is defined
> in SGML. psgml-mode is a generic SGML editing mode, and it is looking for the
> definition of HTML, specifically it's DTD (document type definition). I
> believe the DTD is only required for validation of the document, and if you
> don't wish to confirm that your HTML is valid, you can safely skip it.
>
> Personally, I'm not currently happy with psgml-mode. I'm finding it buggy,
> and I've since uninstalled it. I'll try it later after a few more revisions.
> Basic html-mode provides syntax shading, but I'm told that html-helper-mode is
> a little better, in that it provides macros that aid in creating HTML
> documents.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mike
>
You've been very helpful.
I use SGML all the time with LinuxDoc (via LyX -- a great way to do it). But I
don't want all the error trapping cruft. In this case I just want to use Emacs
as a text editor to write markup. I guess I am looking for html-helper-mode.
Thanks much.
Regards,
Arne
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