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Re: A debugging puzzle with XML
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Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
Re: A debugging puzzle with XML |
Date: |
Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:07:48 +0100 |
On 2015-01-29, at 11:46, Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:
>> (require 'xmlgen)
>> (with-temp-file "foo.xml"
>> (insert (xmlgen '(hello (world (of (xml) "!")))))
>> (sgml-pretty-print (point-min) (point-max)))
>>
>> and answer this question: where have all the indents go?
>
> Ok let's play the game (i.e. I didn't try) : My guess is that since
> `with-temp-file' doesn't set the major mode (i.e. it will be
> fundamental-mode), there are local variables which are not set as
> sgml-pretty-print would expect.
Good catch! To be more precise: sgml-pretty-print calls
reindent-then-newline-and-indent, which depends on the mode.
It took me almost half an hour of frustration... I guess this is just
another step on the path to real Emacs expertise, which I hope to finish
within a two-digit number of years... (That assuming that "finishing"
it is at all possible.)
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University