Re: nxml-mode: consider changing nxml-sexp-element-flag default

[Steinar Bang]

>>>>> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>:

>> For -years- this annoyed me... Until someone pointed out that simply
>> setting nxml-sexp-element-flag to true makes Emacs behave exactly the
>> behaviour you would expect and want it to.
>> This is -much- better, and actually makes nxml-mode a decent
>> "programming language" for batch XML-jobs through keyboard macros.
>> Why, oh why, is this not the default?

> Probably for fear of irking users used to the old behavior.
> FWIW I'm mildly in favor of changing the default,

I'm a longtime nxml user, and I'm in favour of changing the default.