GNU bug report logs - #79401
sgml-tag jumbles attribute and value into the same history list

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Package: emacs; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@HIDDEN>; dated Sun, 7 Sep 2025 13:32:01 UTC; Maintainer for emacs is bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Eli Zaretskii <eliz@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.

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Subject: Re: bug#79401: sgml-tag jumbles attribute and value into the same
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severity 79401 wishlist
thanks

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@HIDDEN>
> Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:31:03 +0800
> 
>  C-c C-o     ;; sgml-tag
>  b           ;; self-insert-command
>  l           ;; self-insert-command
>  o           ;; self-insert-command
>  TAB         ;; minibuffer-complete #blockquote
>  RET         ;; exit-minibuffer
>  c           ;; self-insert-command
>  l           ;; self-insert-command
>  a           ;; self-insert-command
>  s           ;; self-insert-command
>  s           ;; self-insert-command
>  RET         ;; exit-minibuffer
>  m           ;; self-insert-command
>  m           ;; self-insert-command
>  m           ;; self-insert-command
>  RET         ;; exit-minibuffer
>  ESC p       ;; previous-history-element
> (Or say we started over with C-c C-o... same thing.)
> 
> At this point we should see "class".
> But instead we see mmm.
> 
> In other words,
> we have just made a
> <blockquote class="mmm">
> so the attribute is "class"
> and the value is "mmm".
> Each needs to be remembered separately,
> not jumbled together.
> 
> The next time we make a blockquote, we then can directly go to the
> "<blockquote class=" stage. As we certainly do not intend to create
> "<blockquote mmm=" !
> 
> emacs-version "30.1"

Patches to implement this enhancement request will be welcome.

I'm not a frequent user of SGML modes, but IMO whether there are
separate histories should be a user option, not an unconditional
behavior.




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bug#79401; Package emacs. Full text available.

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 C-c C-o     ;; sgml-tag
 b           ;; self-insert-command
 l           ;; self-insert-command
 o           ;; self-insert-command
 TAB         ;; minibuffer-complete #blockquote
 RET         ;; exit-minibuffer
 c           ;; self-insert-command
 l           ;; self-insert-command
 a           ;; self-insert-command
 s           ;; self-insert-command
 s           ;; self-insert-command
 RET         ;; exit-minibuffer
 m           ;; self-insert-command
 m           ;; self-insert-command
 m           ;; self-insert-command
 RET         ;; exit-minibuffer
 ESC p       ;; previous-history-element
(Or say we started over with C-c C-o... same thing.)

At this point we should see "class".
But instead we see mmm.

In other words,
we have just made a
<blockquote class="mmm">
so the attribute is "class"
and the value is "mmm".
Each needs to be remembered separately,
not jumbled together.

The next time we make a blockquote, we then can directly go to the
"<blockquote class=" stage. As we certainly do not intend to create
"<blockquote mmm=" !

emacs-version "30.1"




Acknowledgement sent to Dan Jacobson <jidanni@HIDDEN>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN. Full text available.
Report forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN:
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