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nXML mode word separators
From: |
Skip Montanaro |
Subject: |
nXML mode word separators |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Feb 2019 08:58:54 -0600 |
I unfortunately have to work with handwritten XML which is used to
define complex application configs. In that context, apostrophes are
valid string delimiters, at least in whatever XML pseudo-dialect these
files are written in. So, both of these snippets mean the same thing:
<Env INST="2" />
<Env INST='2' />
I'm not in any sort of position to dictate any changes, so I need to
adapt. So, forward-word currently skips over apostrophes (considering
them word characters) and kill-word (even worse) deletes them. It has
probably been a decade since I fiddled with syntax tables. How do I
move apostrophes from word class to quotation(?) class in the relevant
syntax table? FWIW, when editing XML files I seem to be in nxml-mode
(nothing I enabled specifically, must just be the default mode).
Thanks,
Skip Montanaro
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