> On 18/01/02 Arne W. Flones did speaketh: > > > Sorry, I do not run Xemacs (nor do I want to). I run emacs only in text > > mode. > > Furthermore, I do *NOT* want Emacs to render HTML, I merely want to use > > Emacs > > to edit it without the editor making stupid decisions for me, like indenting > > text 30 characters to the right when it auto-wraps. This worked fine on my > > Emacs 19 and 20 on my SuSE install. It does *not* work on my Debian > > install. > > > > Plus, what the fsck is "External entity html not found"? > > > > Maybe the issue is the Emacs PSGML module. I'll try uninstalling it. > > The problem is indeed with psgml-mode. HTML is a language that is defined > in SGML. psgml-mode is a generic SGML editing mode, and it is looking for the > definition of HTML, specifically it's DTD (document type definition). I > believe the DTD is only required for validation of the document, and if you > don't wish to confirm that your HTML is valid, you can safely skip it. > > Personally, I'm not currently happy with psgml-mode. I'm finding it buggy, > and I've since uninstalled it. I'll try it later after a few more revisions. > Basic html-mode provides syntax shading, but I'm told that html-helper-mode is > a little better, in that it provides macros that aid in creating HTML > documents. > > Hope this helps. > > Mike >
You've been very helpful. I use SGML all the time with LinuxDoc (via LyX -- a great way to do it). But I don't want all the error trapping cruft. In this case I just want to use Emacs as a text editor to write markup. I guess I am looking for html-helper-mode. Thanks much. Regards, Arne
