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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject: Re: Bug in nxml-mode (indentation)?
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:41:20 -0500
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>> Is the nxml-mode way of indenting vs xml-mode in this particular
>> example to be considered a bug?

> Space can be significant (i.e. can convey meaning) in XML and there is
> no way to figure out what the space means just from the snippets you've
> given.  Depending on the application, the following XML could be
> considered identical or completely different:

>     <foo>bar</foo>
> or
>     <foo>
>       bar
>     </foo>
> or
>     <foo>
>     bar
>     </foo>

But this problem you bring up is about whether to auto-indent or not,
not about *how* to auto-indent.  I.e. it's unrelated to the OP's problem.


        Stefan