Re: PSGML questions

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Peter Westlake wrote:
 > I am trying to use PSGML 1.3.1 with Emacs 21.3, and there is a
 > conflict between PSGML and sgml-mode.el, because they both define
 > sgml-mode. I can unload-feature the original sgml-mode and then load
 > psgml, but that only works interactively. For some reason it doesn't
 > work in .emacs, perhaps because the original sgml-mode has already
 > been loaded by then to handle some XML files opened by Emacs desktop.
 >
 > Taking sgml-mode.el out of the Emacs directory works up to a point,
 > but gives an error, probably because the desktop tries to load it.
 > To make this work I would need to remove all mention of sgml-mode.el
 > from the Emacs lisp directory. This would be bad because I would have
 > to do it all again next time I upgrade.

Oops, I think missed a key point: you're only interested in using PSGML,
not sgml-mode.el -- and definitely not both concurrently -- right?

Also, are you editing SGML or XML?  If you're editing XML, nxml may be
better:

http://www.xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2061
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emacs-nxml-mode/

-- 
Kevin Rodgers