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bug#35381: 26.2; nxml-mode doesn't fontify attributes in single quotes
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#35381: 26.2; nxml-mode doesn't fontify attributes in single quotes |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:23:40 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> 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