DOCBOOK-APPS: Emacs/PSGML (Re: Questions Concerning Style Sheets)

[Karl Eichwalder <keichwa@gmx.net>]

Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@canada.com> writes:

> I will admit, if I had the time, I would customize Emacs PSGML mode to
> use different fontfaces instead of just different colours, and I would
> like to see the text contained within certain tags to be rendered
> differently when I hide the tags.  If I had the time, I'd fix TkSGML
> (except the authors don't trust me and keep their sources closed) but
> I haven't the time for either, so I'm stuck with PSGML mode and my
> imagination.

Start with xxml.el:

From: Fran�ois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: gnome-libs man pages.
To: Karl Eichwalder <keichwa@gmx.net>
Cc: Wolfgang Sourdeau <wolfgang@ultim.net>, george@gmsys.com,
	gnome-devel-list@gnome.org,
	Ian McKellar <yakk-gnome-devel@yakk.net.au>,
	Derek Simkowiak <dereks@kd-dev.com>, Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>
Date: 07 Jul 2000 09:35:25 -0400

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[Karl Eichwalder]

> Of course, you're right.  Sorry, I forgot to mention xxml.el is an
> add-on for psgml (better indentation, tag coloring is more customizable).
> xxml.el isn't released officially; but Fran�ois already confessed that
> it works for him -- and I also see its merits (worksforme, too).

I'm not Internet-connected as I write, but I guess that one could get my work
version of `xxml.el' as one of:

   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard/fp-etc/dist/xxml/xxml.el
   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/fp-etc/dist/xxml/xxml.el

(depending on symbolic links to be properly set).  If you like to click,
use my `.signature' below to get on my little site, choose `FP etc' on
the left, and proceed from there.  I also have a related Babyl file that
I just put back in the same directory, and which I'll likely synchronise
later today to `www.iro'.

`xxml.el' relies on the PSGML API.  For `xxml.el', colouring is acceptable
as is, indentation is very acceptable, but refilling needs more work, yet
in many cases, it does what I want.  I think `xxml.el' is simple to use.
Comments are welcome, of course.

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