Re: Editing PHP/HTML and nxHTML

[Andreas Röhler]

On 15.06.2016 10:54, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm in need to edit HTML code and mixed PHP/HTML code.
> I'm not in for anything fancy: synthax highlighting, tags mismatch 
> detection and proper indenting is enough for me.
>
> I searched the web for the suggested best option and it seems nxHTML 
> is highly backed.
> However I'm getting tons of problems with it (see details at the end 
> if you want)...
> I think I've got the latest version (2.08), which seems quite old 
> anyway. Is this still a supported package? Is it compatible with the 
> latest emacs?
>
> Any pointer on how to make it work or any suggestion for a replacement?
>
>  bye & Thanks
>     av.
>
>
>
> Details
>
> As soon as I start emacs on an HTML file I get the following warnings:
> > Warning: `comment-use-global-state' is an obsolete variable (as of 
> > 24.4); use
> >     `comment-use-syntax' instead.
> > Warning: `font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function' is an obsolete 
> > variable (as
> >     of 23.3); use `syntax-begin-function' instead.
> > Warning: `font-lock-syntactic-keywords' is an obsolete variable (as 
> > of 24.1);
> >     use `syntax-propertize-function' instead.
> > Warning: `comment-use-global-state' is an obsolete variable (as of 
> > 24.4); use
> >     `comment-use-syntax' instead.
> > Warning: `font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function' is an obsolete 
> > variable (as
> >     of 23.3); use `syntax-begin-function' instead.
> > Warning: `font-lock-syntactic-keywords' is an obsolete variable (as 
> > of 24.1);
> >     use `syntax-propertize-function' instead.
> > Warning: `comment-use-global-state' is an obsolete variable (as of 
> > 24.4); use
> >     `comment-use-syntax' instead.
> > Warning: `font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function' is an obsolete 
> > variable (as
> >     of 23.3); use `syntax-begin-function' instead.
> > Warning: `font-lock-syntactic-keywords' is an obsolete variable (as 
> > of 24.1);
> >     use `syntax-propertize-function' instead.
>
> I could live with these, but others come up every so often.
>
> The bell is constantly ringing with some messages like "Wrong number 
> of arguments..."

Which would indicate a more serious error, resp. bug.

Please take in account Emacs being a volunteer effort.
A precise bug-reporting will be helpful.