Re: PSGML questions

[Kevin Rodgers]

Peter Westlake wrote:
> I am trying to use PSGML 1.3.1 with Emacs 21.3, and there is a
> conflict between PSGML and sgml-mode.el, because they both define
> sgml-mode. I can unload-feature the original sgml-mode and then load
> psgml, but that only works interactively. For some reason it doesn't
> work in .emacs, perhaps because the original sgml-mode has already
> been loaded by then to handle some XML files opened by Emacs desktop.
>
> Taking sgml-mode.el out of the Emacs directory works up to a point,
> but gives an error, probably because the desktop tries to load it.
> To make this work I would need to remove all mention of sgml-mode.el
> from the Emacs lisp directory. This would be bad because I would have
> to do it all again next time I upgrade.

Oops, I think missed a key point: you're only interested in using PSGML,
not sgml-mode.el -- and definitely not both concurrently -- right?

Also, are you editing SGML or XML?  If you're editing XML, nxml may be
better:

http://www.xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2061
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emacs-nxml-mode/

--
Kevin Rodgers