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"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@RUM.cs.yale.edu> writes:

> In any case we should come up with some way to do those things
> conveniently, because it applies to po-mode, to sgml-mode to
> tex-mode and probably a lot more.  Note that these are always
> associated with a mode, so it would be good if the implementation
> also was mode-specific so that it automatically works if you open an
> xml file called foo.myxmlextension (as long as
> "\\.myxmlextension\\'" is in the auto-mode-alist).

I think I want my XML files decoded correctly, even if I decide to
edit them in C mode, say.  (It is entirely reasonable to assume that
there might be specialized modes for special XML files.)

Opinions?

kai
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