Re: Default for editing XML files

[Juri Linkov]

>>>> I've made nXML mode the default for editing XML files.
>>> Shouldn't `xml-mode' be replaced with `nxml-mode' in
>>> `magic-fallback-mode-alist' and `conf-mode-maybe' as well?
>
>> Yes, I missed that.  Thanks.
>
> I think this is wrong.  I think all those variable should point to
> xml-mode, and then xml-mode should be an alias for nxml-mode (which the
> user can re-alias back to sgml-mode if she so prefers).

I agree, it would be better to configure sgml-mode/nxml-mode
for all calls of xml-mode in one place.  Maybe with the help
of a new defcustom like:

(defcustom xml-mode 'nxml-mode
  "Define xml-mode."
  :type '(choice (const nxml-mode)
                 (const sgml-mode)))

(defun xml-mode ()
  (interactive)
  (funcall xml-mode))

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Juri Linkov
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