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Note: nxml mode replaces and/or complements psgml mode. More information.
PSGML Mode is a mode for editing, umm, SGML and XML documents in emacs. It +
By David Lutterkort
+</authorblurb> + +Note: nxml mode replaces and/or complements psgml mode. More information.
PSGML Mode is a mode for editing, umm, SGML and XML documents in emacs. It
can parse a DTD and help you insert the right tags in the right place, knows
about tags' attributes and can tell you in which contexts a tag can be
used. If you give it the right DTD, that is. But even without a DTD,
it can save you some typing since pressing C-c/ will close an open
-tag automatically.
Most newer emacsen come with PSGML mode preinstalled. You can find out +tag automatically.
+ +Most newer emacsen come with PSGML mode preinstalled. You can find out
whether your emacs has it with the locate-library command. In Emacs,
type M-x locate-library and enter psgml. Emacs will tell
-you if it found it or not.
If you don't have PSGML preinstalled in your Emacs, there are two -things you can do:
On Linux: Get the +you if it found it or not.
+ +If you don't have PSGML preinstalled in your Emacs, there are two +things you can do:
+ +On Linux: Get the psgml rpm from RedHat's docbook-tools and install it as usual.
On other systems: Get the tarball from the PSGML Website. -Unpack it and follow the install instructions.
The easiest way to teach PSGML mode about a DTD is by adding it to your
own CATALOG. Here is an example of how you can set that up for the
-Docbook XML DTD.
Get the Docbook XML DTD -zip archive from docbook.org
Go somewhere in your working directory and do
+Docbook XML DTD. + +
Get the Docbook XML DTD +zip archive from docbook.org
Go somewhere in your working directory and do
+ +mkdir -p dtd/docbook-xml cd dtd/docbook-xml unzip -a <docbook XML DTD zip archive> -Create a file with the name
CATALOGin thedtd-directory and put the line++Create a file with the name
+ +CATALOGin thedtd+directory and put the lineCATALOG "docbook-xml/docbook.cat" -+ + +
in it. By maintaining your own
CATALOG, it is easy to add more DTD's without changing your emacs settings. (How about that HTML 4.01 DTD you always wanted to get from W3C ? The -DTD is in the zip archives and tarballs available on the site.)That's it. Now you are ready to tell emacs all about PSGML mode and -that funky
CATALOG
If you installed PSGML mode in a non-standard location, e.g., somewhere in +DTD is in the zip archives and tarballs available on the site.)
That's it. Now you are ready to tell emacs all about PSGML mode and
+that funky CATALOG
If you installed PSGML mode in a non-standard location, e.g., somewhere in
your home directory, you need to add this to the load-path by adding
-this line to your .emacs file:
+this line to your.emacsfile: + +(add-to-list 'load-path "/some/dir/that/contains/psgml.elc") -To let PSGML mode find your
CATALOGand to enable PSGML mode for -all your editing, add these lines to your.emacs:++ +To let PSGML mode find your
+ +CATALOGand to enable PSGML mode for +all your editing, add these lines to your.emacs:(require 'psgml) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.html" . sgml-mode)) @@ -46,8 +101,12 @@ (add-to-list 'sgml-catalog-files "/path/to/your/dtd/CATALOG") -If you want font-locking and indentation, you can also add these lines -into the
.emacsfile:++ +If you want font-locking and indentation, you can also add these lines +into the
+ +.emacsfile:(setq sgml-markup-faces '((start-tag . font-lock-function-name-face) (end-tag . font-lock-function-name-face) (comment . font-lock-comment-face) @@ -63,24 +122,66 @@ (define-key sgml-mode-map "\C-c\C-x\C-i" 'sgml-general-dtd-info) (define-key sgml-mode-map "\C-c\C-x\C-t" 'sgml-describe-entity) -
All SGML and XML documents that should conform to a DTD have to declare a
doctype. For the docbook XML, all your .xml files whould start with
-the line
+the line + ++ +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "docbookx.dtd"> -If your document is only part of a larger XML document, you can tell PSGML +
If your document is only part of a larger XML document, you can tell PSGML mode about it by appending the following lines to your file. In this -case, do not include a DOCTYPE declaration in your file.
+case, do not include a DOCTYPE declaration in your file. + ++ +<!-- Local Variables: sgml-parent-document: ("top.xml" "book" "sect1") End: --> -Which says that the parent of this document can be found in the file +
Which says that the parent of this document can be found in the file
top.xml, that the element in the parent that will enclose the
current document is a book and that the current file's topmost
-element is a sect1.
Of course, you should read the emacs texinfo pages that come with PSGML -mode from start to finish. Barring that, here are some handy commands:
Start with the the section called “OpenACS Documentation Guide”
+ +($Id$)
+ +