Re: How to edit "mixed" (e.g. HTML/JavaScript) files?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

David Hansen wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:06:53 +0100 Lennart Borgman wrote:
> > This together with that a major mode wants to fontify the whole
> > buffer
>
> There's `font-lock-dont-widen' (I think one of the glitches of
> multi-mode is that it doesn't set this and syntactic fontification
> in one mode may screws it in the other mode).

Ah, I see. Then perhaps this is the reason that no one has gotten it to 
work for nxml-mode and its derivates (like nxhtml-mode). Those modes 
must look at the whole buffer to be able to check against the DTD.

Maybe this can be fixed by using an extra indirect buffer for the DTD 
checking ...

> Have a look at the multi-mode sources.  It's a relatively small,
> clean coded and good commented package (no not by me ;).

I will.

> I assume NXML mode won't be that happy too if you narrow it to one
> region (or does it widen for it's syntax analysis?  Would probably
> be even worse).

Yes, see above.

> > As far as I can see switching major mode might not be that bad if it
> > could be applied to a part of a buffer.
>
> This always implies unnecessary refontification which IMHO is *very*
> bad.

I can see your point. But I meant that if a mode where restricted to 
just a part of a buffer it would not be that bad. But there are no 
structures within Emacs to support that - or multi-mode might be a way 
to do it.