Re: nxml-mode: Derive from prog-mode instead of text-mode

["Jostein Kjønigsen" <jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net>]

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On Tue, May 16, 2017, at 09:02 PM, Jostein Kjønigsen wrote:
> On Tue, May 16, 2017, at 08:54 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> you are shifting the focus of this discussion from nxml-mode
>> and its ilk, which was the original issue, to an almost completely
>> unrelated one.  There be a lot of unrelated bikeshedding (which
>> actually already began).
> 
> Thanks Eli.
> 
> That's a  good point. A point well taken.
> 
> Trying to get things back to where we started, with a minimal of
> bikeshedding, I think there's 3 obvious choices for what direction
> we can go:>
>  * Keep everything as is. Keep nxml-mode derived from text-mode (and
>    annoy whoever finds that unexpected)
>  * Derive nxml-mode from prog-mode instead (and annoy whoever finds
>    *that* unexpected)
>  * Create a new intermediate mode for deriving (structured-text-mode,
>    or similar) and use this for all structured and textual data-
>    format files (and thus, nxml-mode). Let people make new hooks as
>    they see fit.> 
> Personally I feel like the third option may be the most "proper" one,
> but if people for some reason should be opposed to that, I still think
> the second option makes more sense than the first one.> 
> So... Is there any obvious counter-arguments to the third option? Any
> reasons we should definitely *not* do that?> 
> --
> Regards
> Jostein

Any more opinions on this since last time around?

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Regards
Jostein


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