Re: Use nxml mode, but without the auto formatting

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> How can I use emacs to edit nxml documents but not let it format
>> regions when I press bckspc at the end of a line.
>
> Can you show an example of reformatting (I don't use nxml mode myself)?
> Maybe this functionality should only be enabled depending on something
> like electric-indent-mode.

Sorry Stefan, you tried to help and I dropped the ball.

Here is the situation

This happens in  Xming  '*.launch' files on windows, for me.

These files are created if you use the xming gui to setup a launcher
for a remote program.

If I let emacs format the code then the code doesn't work to launch anything.  If I leave it in a
single line, it does.

Emacs goes into nXML-mode whenever I open an Xming.launch file.

If you use the Xming gui to create a launch file, the code appears as below.

A launcher for a remote xterm
,----
| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
| <XLaunch xmlns="http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes XLaunch.xsd" WindowMode="MultiWindow" ClientMode="StartProgram" Program="xterm -g 84x36 -fg linen -bg DarkSlateGrey -cr Skyblue -fn dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1" ClientStart="PuTTY" RemoteHost="192.168.1.42" RemoteUser="reader" Clipboard="true"/>
`----

However, if you decide to hand edit that code... then hitting <enter>
at about any point will try to format whatever is behind or above the
cursor.

Here is what happens if I hit <enter> after the last '>'.
,----
|    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
|    <XLaunch xmlns="http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes"
|             xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
|             xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes
|                                 XLaunch.xsd" WindowMode="MultiWindow"
|             ClientMode="StartProgram" Program="xterm -g 84x36 -fg linen -bg
|                                                DarkSlateGrey -cr Skyblue
|                                                -fn
|                                                dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1"
|             ClientStart="PuTTY" RemoteHost="192.168.1.42"
|             RemoteUser="reader" Clipboard="true"/>
`----
   
To avoid this, I revert to fundamental-mode.. but, of course, then I
don't have the nifty and helpful syntax highlighting.