[Psgml-devel] Re: [TEI-L] Remote local extensions

[Syd B. <Syd...@br...>]

> That's a problem with emacs, in that it does not follow URLs
> properly. Your syntax is fine, your tool is broken.

I think that's a bit harsh. Following URLs is a (desirable) feature
that Emacs/psgml does not (currently) provide, but it isn't "broken".


> onsgmls, xmllint, rxp, jing, etc all follow URLs as expected
> unless my brain has turned to putty.

I think you're right, onsgmls, xmllint, and rxp will follow a URL.
jing will, too, but I don't think it will perform DTD validation. (On
the other hand, jing has surprised me before with its support of NRL
and Schematron.


> I am not sure whether Emacs _could_ do it, but psgml-in-emacs
> certainly does not

Most certainly Emacs could -- it is possible to resolve a URL in
Emacs (try w3 sometime :-), but someone would have to teach psgml
mode to parse the SYSTEM identifier and call URL resolution code and
deal with errors, etc.

I don't know if there are any plans afoot to do this in psgml, but
I've sent this to the development list, too to find out.