Re: Possible bugs with indentation in html mode

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> I'm editing HTML code using emacs and I'm noticing some strange behavior
> with the indentation.

Emacs does not come with an HTML mode that provides indentation (unless
you're using a development version such as the soon-to-be-released
Emacs-22).  There are several packages out there that provide an HTML mode
with indentation.  So please tell us which HTML mode you're using.

> I can hit TAB on elements like "<table>" and "<tr>" and "<td>", and emacs
> will happily indent each by two spaces relative to the container tag,
> ending the additional space when it finds the corresponding closing tag.
> However, it does not handle single tags well (e.g. "<br>", "<meta...>",
> etc.).  Emacs adds the two-space indentation following one of these single
> tags and will not decrement the indentation unless a closing tag is found
> for some surrounding set of tags.

I believe the Emacs-22 HTML mode does handle those special tags correctly,
so I presume this is another mode you're talking about.


        Stefan