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4 | @settitle nXML Mode |
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3d439cd1 | 8 | This manual documents nXML mode, an Emacs major mode for editing |
867d4bb3 | 9 | XML with RELAX NG support. |
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44e97401 | 11 | Copyright @copyright{} 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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12 | |
13 | @quotation | |
14 | Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document | |
6a2c4aec | 15 | under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or |
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16 | any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no |
17 | Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU | |
18 | Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the | |
19 | license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation | |
20 | License'' in the Emacs manual. | |
21 | ||
6f093307 | 22 | (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and |
6bf430d1 | 23 | modify this GNU manual.'' |
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24 | |
25 | This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free | |
26 | Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document | |
27 | separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the | |
28 | license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. | |
29 | @end quotation | |
30 | @end copying | |
31 | ||
0c973505 | 32 | @dircategory Emacs editing modes |
8cd39fb3 | 33 | @direntry |
7aa579d9 | 34 | * nXML Mode: (nxml-mode). XML editing mode with RELAX NG support. |
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35 | @end direntry |
36 | ||
37 | @node Top | |
38 | @top nXML Mode | |
39 | ||
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41 | ||
42 | This manual is not yet complete. | |
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43 | |
44 | @menu | |
d3dfb185 | 45 | * Introduction:: |
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46 | * Completion:: |
47 | * Inserting end-tags:: | |
48 | * Paragraphs:: | |
49 | * Outlining:: | |
50 | * Locating a schema:: | |
51 | * DTDs:: | |
52 | * Limitations:: | |
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53 | @end menu |
54 | ||
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55 | @node Introduction |
56 | @chapter Introduction | |
57 | ||
58 | nXML mode is an Emacs major-mode for editing XML documents. It supports | |
59 | editing well-formed XML documents, and provides schema-sensitive editing | |
60 | using RELAX NG Compact Syntax. To get started, visit a file containing an | |
61 | XML document, and, if necessary, use @kbd{M-x nxml-mode} to switch to nXML | |
62 | mode. By default, @code{auto-mode-alist} and @code{magic-fallback-alist} | |
63 | put buffers in nXML mode if they have recognizable XML content or file | |
64 | extensions. You may wish to customize the settings, for example to | |
65 | recognize different file extensions. | |
66 | ||
67 | Once in nXML mode, you can type @kbd{C-h m} for basic information on the | |
68 | mode. | |
69 | ||
70 | The @file{etc/nxml} directory in the Emacs distribution contains some data | |
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71 | files used by nXML mode, and includes two files (@file{test-valid.xml} and |
72 | @file{test-invalid.xml}) that provide examples of valid and invalid XML | |
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73 | documents. |
74 | ||
75 | To get validation and schema-sensitive editing, you need a RELAX NG Compact | |
76 | Syntax (RNC) schema for your document (@pxref{Locating a schema}). The | |
77 | @file{etc/schema} directory includes some schemas for popular document | |
1df7defd | 78 | types. See @url{http://relaxng.org/} for more information on RELAX NG@. |
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79 | You can use the @samp{Trang} program from |
80 | @url{http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/trang.html} to | |
81 | automatically create RNC schemas. This program can: | |
82 | ||
83 | @itemize @bullet | |
84 | @item | |
85 | infer an RNC schema from an instance document; | |
86 | @item | |
87 | convert a DTD to an RNC schema; | |
88 | @item | |
89 | convert a RELAX NG XML syntax schema to an RNC schema. | |
90 | @end itemize | |
91 | ||
92 | @noindent To convert a RELAX NG XML syntax (@samp{.rng}) schema to a RNC | |
93 | one, you can also use the XSLT stylesheet from | |
94 | @url{http://www.pantor.com/download.html}. | |
95 | ||
96 | To convert a W3C XML Schema to an RNC schema, you need first to convert it | |
4d47208a | 97 | to RELAX NG XML syntax using the RELAX NG converter tool @code{rngconv} |
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98 | (built on top of MSV). See @url{https://github.com/kohsuke/msv} |
99 | and @url{https://msv.dev.java.net/}. | |
100 | ||
101 | For historical discussions only, see the mailing list archives at | |
102 | @url{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emacs-nxml-mode/}. Please make all new | |
103 | discussions on the @samp{help-gnu-emacs} and @samp{emacs-devel} mailing | |
104 | lists. Report any bugs with @kbd{M-x report-emacs-bug}. | |
105 | ||
106 | ||
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107 | @node Completion |
108 | @chapter Completion | |
109 | ||
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110 | Apart from real-time validation, the most important feature that nXML |
111 | mode provides for assisting in document creation is "completion". | |
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112 | Completion assists the user in inserting characters at point, based on |
113 | knowledge of the schema and on the contents of the buffer before | |
114 | point. | |
115 | ||
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116 | nXML mode adapts the standard GNU Emacs command for completion in a |
117 | buffer: @code{completion-at-point}, which is bound to @kbd{C-M-i} and | |
118 | @kbd{M-@key{TAB}}. Note that many window systems and window managers | |
119 | use @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} themselves (typically for switching between | |
120 | windows) and do not pass it to applications. In that case, you should | |
121 | type @kbd{C-M-i} or @kbd{@key{ESC} @key{TAB}} for completion, or bind | |
122 | @code{completion-at-point} to a key that is convenient for you. In | |
123 | the following, I will assume that you type @kbd{C-M-i}. | |
124 | ||
125 | nXML mode completion works by examining the symbol preceding point. | |
126 | This is the symbol to be completed. The symbol to be completed may be | |
127 | the empty. Completion considers what symbols starting with the symbol | |
128 | to be completed would be valid replacements for the symbol to be | |
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129 | completed, given the schema and the contents of the buffer before |
130 | point. These symbols are the possible completions. An example may | |
131 | make this clearer. Suppose the buffer looks like this (where @point{} | |
132 | indicates point): | |
133 | ||
134 | @example | |
135 | <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> | |
136 | <h@point{} | |
137 | @end example | |
138 | ||
139 | @noindent | |
1df7defd | 140 | and the schema is XHTML@. In this context, the symbol to be completed |
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141 | is @samp{h}. The possible completions consist of just |
142 | @samp{head}. Another example, is | |
143 | ||
144 | @example | |
145 | <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> | |
146 | <head> | |
147 | <@point{} | |
148 | @end example | |
149 | ||
150 | @noindent | |
151 | In this case, the symbol to be completed is empty, and the possible | |
152 | completions are @samp{base}, @samp{isindex}, | |
153 | @samp{link}, @samp{meta}, @samp{script}, | |
154 | @samp{style}, @samp{title}. Another example is: | |
155 | ||
156 | @example | |
157 | <html xmlns="@point{} | |
158 | @end example | |
159 | ||
160 | @noindent | |
161 | In this case, the symbol to be completed is empty, and the possible | |
162 | completions are just @samp{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}. | |
163 | ||
3d439cd1 | 164 | When you type @kbd{C-M-i}, what happens depends |
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165 | on what the set of possible completions are. |
166 | ||
167 | @itemize @bullet | |
168 | @item | |
169 | If the set of completions is empty, nothing | |
170 | happens. | |
171 | @item | |
172 | If there is one possible completion, then that completion is | |
173 | inserted, together with any following characters that are | |
174 | required. For example, in this case: | |
175 | ||
176 | @example | |
177 | <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> | |
178 | <@point{} | |
179 | @end example | |
180 | ||
181 | @noindent | |
3d439cd1 | 182 | @kbd{C-M-i} will yield |
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183 | |
184 | @example | |
185 | <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> | |
186 | <head@point{} | |
187 | @end example | |
188 | @item | |
189 | If there is more than one possible completion, but all | |
190 | possible completions share a common non-empty prefix, then that prefix | |
191 | is inserted. For example, suppose the buffer is: | |
192 | ||
193 | @example | |
194 | <html x@point{} | |
195 | @end example | |
196 | ||
197 | @noindent | |
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198 | The symbol to be completed is @samp{x}. The possible completions are |
199 | @samp{xmlns} and @samp{xml:lang}. These share a common prefix of | |
200 | @samp{xml}. Thus, @kbd{C-M-i} will yield: | |
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201 | |
202 | @example | |
203 | <html xml@point{} | |
204 | @end example | |
205 | ||
206 | @noindent | |
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207 | Typically, you would do @kbd{C-M-i} again, which would have the result |
208 | described in the next item. | |
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209 | @item |
210 | If there is more than one possible completion, but the | |
211 | possible completions do not share a non-empty prefix, then Emacs will | |
212 | prompt you to input the symbol in the minibuffer, initializing the | |
213 | minibuffer with the symbol to be completed, and popping up a buffer | |
214 | showing the possible completions. You can now input the symbol to be | |
215 | inserted. The symbol you input will be inserted in the buffer instead | |
216 | of the symbol to be completed. Emacs will then insert any required | |
217 | characters after the symbol. For example, if it contains: | |
218 | ||
219 | @example | |
220 | <html xml@point{} | |
221 | @end example | |
222 | ||
223 | @noindent | |
224 | Emacs will prompt you in the minibuffer with | |
225 | ||
226 | @example | |
227 | Attribute: xml@point{} | |
228 | @end example | |
229 | ||
230 | @noindent | |
231 | and the buffer showing possible completions will contain | |
232 | ||
233 | @example | |
234 | Possible completions are: | |
b1fbbb32 | 235 | xml:lang xmlns |
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236 | @end example |
237 | ||
238 | @noindent | |
239 | If you input @kbd{xmlns}, the result will be: | |
240 | ||
241 | @example | |
242 | <html xmlns="@point{} | |
243 | @end example | |
244 | ||
245 | @noindent | |
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246 | (If you do @kbd{C-M-i} again, the namespace URI will be |
247 | inserted. Should that happen automatically?) | |
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248 | @end itemize |
249 | ||
250 | @node Inserting end-tags | |
251 | @chapter Inserting end-tags | |
252 | ||
3d439cd1 | 253 | The main redundancy in XML syntax is end-tags. nXML mode provides |
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254 | several ways to make it easier to enter end-tags. You can use all of |
255 | these without a schema. | |
256 | ||
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257 | You can use @kbd{C-M-i} after @samp{</} to complete the rest of the |
258 | end-tag. | |
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259 | |
260 | @kbd{C-c C-f} inserts an end-tag for the element containing | |
261 | point. This command is useful when you want to input the start-tag, | |
262 | then input the content and finally input the end-tag. The @samp{f} | |
263 | is mnemonic for finish. | |
264 | ||
265 | If you want to keep tags balanced and input the end-tag at the | |
266 | same time as the start-tag, before inputting the content, then you can | |
267 | use @kbd{C-c C-i}. This inserts a @samp{>}, then inserts | |
268 | the end-tag and leaves point before the end-tag. @kbd{C-c C-b} | |
269 | is similar but more convenient for block-level elements: it puts the | |
270 | start-tag, point and the end-tag on successive lines, appropriately | |
271 | indented. The @samp{i} is mnemonic for inline and the | |
272 | @samp{b} is mnemonic for block. | |
273 | ||
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274 | Finally, you can customize nXML mode so that @kbd{/} automatically |
275 | inserts the rest of the end-tag when it occurs after @samp{<}, by | |
276 | doing | |
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277 | |
278 | @display | |
279 | @kbd{M-x customize-variable @key{RET} nxml-slash-auto-complete-flag @key{RET}} | |
280 | @end display | |
281 | ||
282 | @noindent | |
283 | and then following the instructions in the displayed buffer. | |
284 | ||
285 | @node Paragraphs | |
286 | @chapter Paragraphs | |
287 | ||
288 | Emacs has several commands that operate on paragraphs, most | |
289 | notably @kbd{M-q}. nXML mode redefines these to work in a way | |
1df7defd | 290 | that is useful for XML@. The exact rules that are used to find the |
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291 | beginning and end of a paragraph are complicated; they are designed |
292 | mainly to ensure that @kbd{M-q} does the right thing. | |
293 | ||
294 | A paragraph consists of one or more complete, consecutive lines. | |
295 | A group of lines is not considered a paragraph unless it contains some | |
296 | non-whitespace characters between tags or inside comments. A blank | |
297 | line separates paragraphs. A single tag on a line by itself also | |
298 | separates paragraphs. More precisely, if one tag together with any | |
299 | leading and trailing whitespace completely occupy one or more lines, | |
300 | then those lines will not be included in any paragraph. | |
301 | ||
302 | A start-tag at the beginning of the line (possibly indented) may | |
303 | be treated as starting a paragraph. Similarly, an end-tag at the end | |
304 | of the line may be treated as ending a paragraph. The following rules | |
305 | are used to determine whether such a tag is in fact treated as a | |
306 | paragraph boundary: | |
307 | ||
308 | @itemize @bullet | |
309 | @item | |
310 | If the schema does not allow text at that point, then it | |
311 | is a paragraph boundary. | |
312 | @item | |
313 | If the end-tag corresponding to the start-tag is not at | |
314 | the end of its line, or the start-tag corresponding to the end-tag is | |
315 | not at the beginning of its line, then it is not a paragraph | |
316 | boundary. For example, in | |
317 | ||
318 | @example | |
319 | <p>This is a paragraph with an | |
320 | <emph>emphasized</emph> phrase. | |
321 | @end example | |
322 | ||
323 | @noindent | |
324 | the @samp{<emph>} start-tag would not be considered as | |
325 | starting a paragraph, because its corresponding end-tag is not at the | |
326 | end of the line. | |
327 | @item | |
328 | If there is text that is a sibling in element tree, then | |
329 | it is not a paragraph boundary. For example, in | |
330 | ||
331 | @example | |
332 | <p>This is a paragraph with an | |
333 | <emph>emphasized phrase that takes one source line</emph> | |
334 | @end example | |
335 | ||
336 | @noindent | |
337 | the @samp{<emph>} start-tag would not be considered as | |
338 | starting a paragraph, even though its end-tag is at the end of its | |
339 | line, because there the text @samp{This is a paragraph with an} | |
340 | is a sibling of the @samp{emph} element. | |
341 | @item | |
342 | Otherwise, it is a paragraph boundary. | |
343 | @end itemize | |
344 | ||
345 | @node Outlining | |
346 | @chapter Outlining | |
347 | ||
348 | nXML mode allows you to display all or part of a buffer as an | |
44e97401 | 349 | outline, in a similar way to Emacs's outline mode. An outline in nXML |
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350 | mode is based on recognizing two kinds of element: sections and |
351 | headings. There is one heading for every section and one section for | |
352 | every heading. A section contains its heading as or within its first | |
353 | child element. A section also contains its subordinate sections (its | |
354 | subsections). The text content of a section consists of anything in a | |
355 | section that is neither a subsection nor a heading. | |
356 | ||
1df7defd | 357 | Note that this is a different model from that used by XHTML@. |
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358 | nXML mode's outline support will not be useful for XHTML unless you |
359 | adopt a convention of adding a @code{div} to enclose each | |
360 | section, rather than having sections implicitly delimited by different | |
361 | @code{h@var{n}} elements. This limitation may be removed | |
362 | in a future version. | |
363 | ||
364 | The variable @code{nxml-section-element-name-regexp} gives | |
1df7defd | 365 | a regexp for the local names (i.e., the part of the name following any |
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366 | prefix) of section elements. The variable |
367 | @code{nxml-heading-element-name-regexp} gives a regexp for the | |
368 | local names of heading elements. For an element to be recognized | |
369 | as a section | |
370 | ||
371 | @itemize @bullet | |
372 | @item | |
373 | its start-tag must occur at the beginning of a line | |
374 | (possibly indented); | |
375 | @item | |
376 | its local name must match | |
377 | @code{nxml-section-element-name-regexp}; | |
378 | @item | |
379 | either its first child element or a descendant of that | |
380 | first child element must have a local name that matches | |
381 | @code{nxml-heading-element-name-regexp}; the first such element | |
382 | is treated as the section's heading. | |
383 | @end itemize | |
384 | ||
385 | @noindent | |
386 | You can customize these variables using @kbd{M-x | |
387 | customize-variable}. | |
388 | ||
389 | There are three possible outline states for a section: | |
390 | ||
391 | @itemize @bullet | |
392 | @item | |
393 | normal, showing everything, including its heading, text | |
394 | content and subsections; each subsection is displayed according to the | |
395 | state of that subsection; | |
396 | @item | |
397 | showing just its heading, with both its text content and | |
398 | its subsections hidden; all subsections are hidden regardless of their | |
399 | state; | |
400 | @item | |
401 | showing its heading and its subsections, with its text | |
402 | content hidden; each subsection is displayed according to the state of | |
403 | that subsection. | |
404 | @end itemize | |
405 | ||
406 | In the last two states, where the text content is hidden, the | |
407 | heading is displayed specially, in an abbreviated form. An element | |
408 | like this: | |
409 | ||
410 | @example | |
411 | <section> | |
412 | <title>Food</title> | |
413 | <para>There are many kinds of food.</para> | |
414 | </section> | |
415 | @end example | |
416 | ||
417 | @noindent | |
418 | would be displayed on a single line like this: | |
419 | ||
420 | @example | |
421 | <-section>Food...</> | |
422 | @end example | |
423 | ||
424 | @noindent | |
425 | If there are hidden subsections, then a @code{+} will be used | |
426 | instead of a @code{-} like this: | |
427 | ||
428 | @example | |
429 | <+section>Food...</> | |
430 | @end example | |
431 | ||
432 | @noindent | |
433 | If there are non-hidden subsections, then the section will instead be | |
434 | displayed like this: | |
435 | ||
436 | @example | |
437 | <-section>Food... | |
438 | <-section>Delicious Food...</> | |
439 | <-section>Distasteful Food...</> | |
440 | </-section> | |
441 | @end example | |
442 | ||
443 | @noindent | |
444 | The heading is always displayed with an indent that corresponds to its | |
445 | depth in the outline, even it is not actually indented in the buffer. | |
446 | The variable @code{nxml-outline-child-indent} controls how much | |
447 | a subheading is indented with respect to its parent heading when the | |
448 | heading is being displayed specially. | |
449 | ||
450 | Commands to change the outline state of sections are bound to | |
451 | key sequences that start with @kbd{C-c C-o} (@kbd{o} is | |
452 | mnemonic for outline). The third and final key has been chosen to be | |
453 | consistent with outline mode. In the following descriptions | |
454 | current section means the section containing point, or, more precisely, | |
455 | the innermost section containing the character immediately following | |
456 | point. | |
457 | ||
458 | @itemize @bullet | |
459 | @item | |
460 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-a} shows all sections in the buffer | |
461 | normally. | |
462 | @item | |
463 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-t} hides the text content | |
464 | of all sections in the buffer. | |
465 | @item | |
466 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-c} hides the text content | |
467 | of the current section. | |
468 | @item | |
469 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-e} shows the text content | |
470 | of the current section. | |
471 | @item | |
472 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-d} hides the text content | |
473 | and subsections of the current section. | |
474 | @item | |
867d4bb3 | 475 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-s} shows the current section |
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476 | and all its direct and indirect subsections normally. |
477 | @item | |
478 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-k} shows the headings of the | |
479 | direct and indirect subsections of the current section. | |
480 | @item | |
481 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-l} hides the text content of the | |
482 | current section and of its direct and indirect | |
483 | subsections. | |
484 | @item | |
485 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-i} shows the headings of the | |
486 | direct subsections of the current section. | |
487 | @item | |
488 | @kbd{C-c C-o C-o} hides as much as possible without | |
489 | hiding the current section's text content; the headings of ancestor | |
490 | sections of the current section and their child section sections will | |
491 | not be hidden. | |
492 | @end itemize | |
493 | ||
494 | When a heading is displayed specially, you can use | |
495 | @key{RET} in that heading to show the text content of the section | |
496 | in the same way as @kbd{C-c C-o C-e}. | |
497 | ||
498 | You can also use the mouse to change the outline state: | |
499 | @kbd{S-mouse-2} hides the text content of a section in the same | |
500 | way as@kbd{C-c C-o C-c}; @kbd{mouse-2} on a specially | |
501 | displayed heading shows the text content of the section in the same | |
502 | way as @kbd{C-c C-o C-e}; @kbd{mouse-1} on a specially | |
503 | displayed start-tag toggles the display of subheadings on and | |
504 | off. | |
505 | ||
506 | The outline state for each section is stored with the first | |
507 | character of the section (as a text property). Every command that | |
508 | changes the outline state of any section updates the display of the | |
509 | buffer so that each section is displayed correctly according to its | |
510 | outline state. If the section structure is subsequently changed, then | |
511 | it is possible for the display to no longer correctly reflect the | |
512 | stored outline state. @kbd{C-c C-o C-r} can be used to refresh | |
513 | the display so it is correct again. | |
514 | ||
515 | @node Locating a schema | |
516 | @chapter Locating a schema | |
517 | ||
518 | nXML mode has a configurable set of rules to locate a schema for | |
519 | the file being edited. The rules are contained in one or more schema | |
520 | locating files, which are XML documents. | |
521 | ||
522 | The variable @samp{rng-schema-locating-files} specifies | |
523 | the list of the file-names of schema locating files that nXML mode | |
524 | should use. The order of the list is significant: when file | |
525 | @var{x} occurs in the list before file @var{y} then rules | |
526 | from file @var{x} have precedence over rules from file | |
527 | @var{y}. A filename specified in | |
528 | @samp{rng-schema-locating-files} may be relative. If so, it will | |
529 | be resolved relative to the document for which a schema is being | |
530 | located. It is not an error if relative file-names in | |
867d4bb3 | 531 | @samp{rng-schema-locating-files} do not exist. You can use |
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532 | @kbd{M-x customize-variable @key{RET} rng-schema-locating-files |
533 | @key{RET}} to customize the list of schema locating | |
534 | files. | |
535 | ||
536 | By default, @samp{rng-schema-locating-files} list has two | |
537 | members: @samp{schemas.xml}, and | |
538 | @samp{@var{dist-dir}/schema/schemas.xml} where | |
539 | @samp{@var{dist-dir}} is the directory containing the nXML | |
540 | distribution. The first member will cause nXML mode to use a file | |
541 | @samp{schemas.xml} in the same directory as the document being | |
542 | edited if such a file exist. The second member contains rules for the | |
543 | schemas that are included with the nXML distribution. | |
544 | ||
545 | @menu | |
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546 | * Commands for locating a schema:: |
547 | * Schema locating files:: | |
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548 | @end menu |
549 | ||
550 | @node Commands for locating a schema | |
551 | @section Commands for locating a schema | |
552 | ||
553 | The command @kbd{C-c C-s C-w} will tell you what schema | |
554 | is currently being used. | |
555 | ||
556 | The rules for locating a schema are applied automatically when | |
557 | you visit a file in nXML mode. However, if you have just created a new | |
558 | file and the schema cannot be inferred from the file-name, then this | |
559 | will not locate the right schema. In this case, you should insert the | |
40572be6 | 560 | start-tag of the root element and then use the command @kbd{C-c C-s |
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561 | C-a}, which reapplies the rules based on the current content of |
562 | the document. It is usually not necessary to insert the complete | |
563 | start-tag; often just @samp{<@var{name}} is | |
564 | enough. | |
565 | ||
566 | If you want to use a schema that has not yet been added to the | |
567 | schema locating files, you can use the command @kbd{C-c C-s C-f} | |
b6f9df0f | 568 | to manually select the file containing the schema for the document in |
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569 | current buffer. Emacs will read the file-name of the schema from the |
570 | minibuffer. After reading the file-name, Emacs will ask whether you | |
571 | wish to add a rule to a schema locating file that persistently | |
572 | associates the document with the selected schema. The rule will be | |
573 | added to the first file in the list specified | |
574 | @samp{rng-schema-locating-files}; it will create the file if | |
575 | necessary, but will not create a directory. If the variable | |
576 | @samp{rng-schema-locating-files} has not been customized, this | |
577 | means that the rule will be added to the file @samp{schemas.xml} | |
578 | in the same directory as the document being edited. | |
579 | ||
580 | The command @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} allows you to select a schema by | |
581 | specifying an identifier for the type of the document. The schema | |
582 | locating files determine the available type identifiers and what | |
583 | schema is used for each type identifier. This is useful when it is | |
584 | impossible to infer the right schema from either the file-name or the | |
585 | content of the document, even though the schema is already in the | |
586 | schema locating file. A situation in which this can occur is when | |
587 | there are multiple variants of a schema where all valid documents have | |
588 | the same document element. For example, XHTML has Strict and | |
589 | Transitional variants. In a situation like this, a schema locating file | |
590 | can define a type identifier for each variant. As with @kbd{C-c | |
591 | C-s C-f}, Emacs will ask whether you wish to add a rule to a schema | |
592 | locating file that persistently associates the document with the | |
593 | specified type identifier. | |
594 | ||
595 | The command @kbd{C-c C-s C-l} adds a rule to a schema | |
596 | locating file that persistently associates the document with | |
597 | the schema that is currently being used. | |
598 | ||
599 | @node Schema locating files | |
600 | @section Schema locating files | |
601 | ||
602 | Each schema locating file specifies a list of rules. The rules | |
603 | from each file are appended in order. To locate a schema each rule is | |
604 | applied in turn until a rule matches. The first matching rule is then | |
605 | used to determine the schema. | |
606 | ||
607 | Schema locating files are designed to be useful for other | |
608 | applications that need to locate a schema for a document. In fact, | |
609 | there is nothing specific to locating schemas in the design; it could | |
610 | equally well be used for locating a stylesheet. | |
611 | ||
612 | @menu | |
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613 | * Schema locating file syntax basics:: |
614 | * Using the document's URI to locate a schema:: | |
615 | * Using the document element to locate a schema:: | |
616 | * Using type identifiers in schema locating files:: | |
617 | * Using multiple schema locating files:: | |
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618 | @end menu |
619 | ||
620 | @node Schema locating file syntax basics | |
621 | @subsection Schema locating file syntax basics | |
622 | ||
623 | There is a schema for schema locating files in the file | |
624 | @samp{locate.rnc} in the schema directory. Schema locating | |
625 | files must be valid with respect to this schema. | |
626 | ||
627 | The document element of a schema locating file must be | |
628 | @samp{locatingRules} and the namespace URI must be | |
629 | @samp{http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0}. The | |
630 | children of the document element specify rules. The order of the | |
631 | children is the same as the order of the rules. Here's a complete | |
632 | example of a schema locating file: | |
633 | ||
634 | @example | |
635 | <?xml version="1.0"?> | |
636 | <locatingRules xmlns="http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0"> | |
637 | <namespace ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" uri="xhtml.rnc"/> | |
638 | <documentElement localName="book" uri="docbook.rnc"/> | |
639 | </locatingRules> | |
640 | @end example | |
641 | ||
642 | @noindent | |
643 | This says to use the schema @samp{xhtml.rnc} for a document with | |
644 | namespace @samp{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}, and to use the | |
645 | schema @samp{docbook.rnc} for a document whose local name is | |
646 | @samp{book}. If the document element had both a namespace URI | |
647 | of @samp{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml} and a local name of | |
648 | @samp{book}, then the matching rule that comes first will be | |
649 | used and so the schema @samp{xhtml.rnc} would be used. There is | |
650 | no precedence between different types of rule; the first matching rule | |
651 | of any type is used. | |
652 | ||
653 | As usual with XML-related technologies, resources are identified | |
654 | by URIs. The @samp{uri} attribute identifies the schema by | |
1df7defd | 655 | specifying the URI@. The URI may be relative. If so, it is resolved |
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656 | relative to the URI of the schema locating file that contains |
657 | attribute. This means that if the value of @samp{uri} attribute | |
658 | does not contain a @samp{/}, then it will refer to a filename in | |
659 | the same directory as the schema locating file. | |
660 | ||
661 | @node Using the document's URI to locate a schema | |
662 | @subsection Using the document's URI to locate a schema | |
663 | ||
664 | A @samp{uri} rule locates a schema based on the URI of the | |
665 | document. The @samp{uri} attribute specifies the URI of the | |
666 | schema. The @samp{resource} attribute can be used to specify | |
667 | the schema for a particular document. For example, | |
668 | ||
669 | @example | |
670 | <uri resource="spec.xml" uri="docbook.rnc"/> | |
671 | @end example | |
672 | ||
673 | @noindent | |
867d4bb3 | 674 | specifies that the schema for @samp{spec.xml} is |
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675 | @samp{docbook.rnc}. |
676 | ||
677 | The @samp{pattern} attribute can be used instead of the | |
678 | @samp{resource} attribute to specify the schema for any document | |
679 | whose URI matches a pattern. The pattern has the same syntax as an | |
680 | absolute or relative URI except that the path component of the URI can | |
681 | use a @samp{*} character to stand for zero or more characters | |
1df7defd | 682 | within a path segment (i.e., any character other @samp{/}). |
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683 | Typically, the URI pattern looks like a relative URI, but, whereas a |
684 | relative URI in the @samp{resource} attribute is resolved into a | |
685 | particular absolute URI using the base URI of the schema locating | |
686 | file, a relative URI pattern matches if it matches some number of | |
687 | complete path segments of the document's URI ending with the last path | |
1df7defd | 688 | segment of the document's URI@. For example, |
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689 | |
690 | @example | |
691 | <uri pattern="*.xsl" uri="xslt.rnc"/> | |
692 | @end example | |
693 | ||
694 | @noindent | |
695 | specifies that the schema for documents with a URI whose path ends | |
696 | with @samp{.xsl} is @samp{xslt.rnc}. | |
697 | ||
698 | A @samp{transformURI} rule locates a schema by | |
699 | transforming the URI of the document. The @samp{fromPattern} | |
700 | attribute specifies a URI pattern with the same meaning as the | |
701 | @samp{pattern} attribute of the @samp{uri} element. The | |
702 | @samp{toPattern} attribute is a URI pattern that is used to | |
703 | generate the URI of the schema. Each @samp{*} in the | |
704 | @samp{toPattern} is replaced by the string that matched the | |
705 | corresponding @samp{*} in the @samp{fromPattern}. The | |
706 | resulting string is appended to the initial part of the document's URI | |
707 | that was not explicitly matched by the @samp{fromPattern}. The | |
708 | rule matches only if the transformed URI identifies an existing | |
709 | resource. For example, the rule | |
710 | ||
711 | @example | |
712 | <transformURI fromPattern="*.xml" toPattern="*.rnc"/> | |
713 | @end example | |
714 | ||
715 | @noindent | |
716 | would transform the URI @samp{file:///home/jjc/docs/spec.xml} | |
717 | into the URI @samp{file:///home/jjc/docs/spec.rnc}. Thus, this | |
718 | rule specifies that to locate a schema for a document | |
719 | @samp{@var{foo}.xml}, Emacs should test whether a file | |
720 | @samp{@var{foo}.rnc} exists in the same directory as | |
721 | @samp{@var{foo}.xml}, and, if so, should use it as the | |
722 | schema. | |
723 | ||
724 | @node Using the document element to locate a schema | |
725 | @subsection Using the document element to locate a schema | |
726 | ||
727 | A @samp{documentElement} rule locates a schema based on | |
728 | the local name and prefix of the document element. For example, a rule | |
729 | ||
730 | @example | |
731 | <documentElement prefix="xsl" localName="stylesheet" uri="xslt.rnc"/> | |
732 | @end example | |
733 | ||
734 | @noindent | |
735 | specifies that when the name of the document element is | |
736 | @samp{xsl:stylesheet}, then @samp{xslt.rnc} should be used | |
737 | as the schema. Either the @samp{prefix} or | |
738 | @samp{localName} attribute may be omitted to allow any prefix or | |
739 | local name. | |
740 | ||
741 | A @samp{namespace} rule locates a schema based on the | |
742 | namespace URI of the document element. For example, a rule | |
743 | ||
744 | @example | |
745 | <namespace ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" uri="xslt.rnc"/> | |
746 | @end example | |
747 | ||
748 | @noindent | |
749 | specifies that when the namespace URI of the document is | |
750 | @samp{http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform}, then | |
751 | @samp{xslt.rnc} should be used as the schema. | |
752 | ||
753 | @node Using type identifiers in schema locating files | |
754 | @subsection Using type identifiers in schema locating files | |
755 | ||
756 | Type identifiers allow a level of indirection in locating the | |
757 | schema for a document. Instead of associating the document directly | |
758 | with a schema URI, the document is associated with a type identifier, | |
1df7defd | 759 | which is in turn associated with a schema URI@. nXML mode does not |
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760 | constrain the format of type identifiers. They can be simply strings |
761 | without any formal structure or they can be public identifiers or | |
762 | URIs. Note that these type identifiers have nothing to do with the | |
763 | DOCTYPE declaration. When comparing type identifiers, whitespace is | |
764 | normalized in the same way as with the @samp{xsd:token} | |
765 | datatype: leading and trailing whitespace is stripped; other sequences | |
766 | of whitespace are normalized to a single space character. | |
767 | ||
768 | Each of the rules described in previous sections that uses a | |
769 | @samp{uri} attribute to specify a schema, can instead use a | |
770 | @samp{typeId} attribute to specify a type identifier. The type | |
771 | identifier can be associated with a URI using a @samp{typeId} | |
772 | element. For example, | |
773 | ||
774 | @example | |
775 | <locatingRules xmlns="http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0"> | |
776 | <namespace ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" typeId="XHTML"/> | |
777 | <typeId id="XHTML" typeId="XHTML Strict"/> | |
778 | <typeId id="XHTML Strict" uri="xhtml-strict.rnc"/> | |
779 | <typeId id="XHTML Transitional" uri="xhtml-transitional.rnc"/> | |
780 | </locatingRules> | |
781 | @end example | |
782 | ||
783 | @noindent | |
784 | declares three type identifiers @samp{XHTML} (representing the | |
785 | default variant of XHTML to be used), @samp{XHTML Strict} and | |
786 | @samp{XHTML Transitional}. Such a schema locating file would | |
787 | use @samp{xhtml-strict.rnc} for a document whose namespace is | |
788 | @samp{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}. But it is considerably | |
789 | more flexible than a schema locating file that simply specified | |
790 | ||
791 | @example | |
792 | <namespace ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" uri="xhtml-strict.rnc"/> | |
793 | @end example | |
794 | ||
795 | @noindent | |
796 | A user can easily use @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} to select between XHTML | |
797 | Strict and XHTML Transitional. Also, a user can easily add a catalog | |
798 | ||
799 | @example | |
800 | <locatingRules xmlns="http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0"> | |
801 | <typeId id="XHTML" typeId="XHTML Transitional"/> | |
802 | </locatingRules> | |
803 | @end example | |
804 | ||
805 | @noindent | |
806 | that makes the default variant of XHTML be XHTML Transitional. | |
807 | ||
808 | @node Using multiple schema locating files | |
809 | @subsection Using multiple schema locating files | |
810 | ||
811 | The @samp{include} element includes rules from another | |
812 | schema locating file. The behavior is exactly as if the rules from | |
813 | that file were included in place of the @samp{include} element. | |
814 | Relative URIs are resolved into absolute URIs before the inclusion is | |
815 | performed. For example, | |
816 | ||
817 | @example | |
818 | <include rules="../rules.xml"/> | |
819 | @end example | |
820 | ||
821 | @noindent | |
822 | includes the rules from @samp{rules.xml}. | |
823 | ||
824 | The process of locating a schema takes as input a list of schema | |
825 | locating files. The rules in all these files and in the files they | |
826 | include are resolved into a single list of rules, which are applied | |
827 | strictly in order. Sometimes this order is not what is needed. | |
828 | For example, suppose you have two schema locating files, a private | |
829 | file | |
830 | ||
831 | @example | |
832 | <locatingRules xmlns="http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0"> | |
833 | <namespace ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" uri="xhtml.rnc"/> | |
834 | </locatingRules> | |
835 | @end example | |
836 | ||
837 | @noindent | |
838 | followed by a public file | |
839 | ||
840 | @example | |
841 | <locatingRules xmlns="http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0"> | |
842 | <transformURI pathSuffix=".xml" replacePathSuffix=".rnc"/> | |
843 | <namespace ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" typeId="XSLT"/> | |
844 | </locatingRules> | |
845 | @end example | |
846 | ||
847 | @noindent | |
848 | The effect of these two files is that the XHTML @samp{namespace} | |
849 | rule takes precedence over the @samp{transformURI} rule, which | |
850 | is almost certainly not what is needed. This can be solved by adding | |
851 | an @samp{applyFollowingRules} to the private file. | |
852 | ||
853 | @example | |
854 | <locatingRules xmlns="http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0"> | |
855 | <applyFollowingRules ruleType="transformURI"/> | |
856 | <namespace ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" uri="xhtml.rnc"/> | |
857 | </locatingRules> | |
858 | @end example | |
859 | ||
860 | @node DTDs | |
861 | @chapter DTDs | |
862 | ||
3d439cd1 | 863 | nXML mode is designed to support the creation of standalone XML |
1df7defd | 864 | documents that do not depend on a DTD@. Although it is common practice |
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865 | to insert a DOCTYPE declaration referencing an external DTD, this has |
866 | undesirable side-effects. It means that the document is no longer | |
867 | self-contained. It also means that different XML parsers may interpret | |
868 | the document in different ways, since the XML Recommendation does not | |
1df7defd | 869 | require XML parsers to read the DTD@. With DTDs, it was impractical to |
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870 | get validation without using an external DTD or reference to an |
871 | parameter entity. With RELAX NG and other schema languages, you can | |
9858f6c3 | 872 | simultaneously get the benefits of validation and standalone XML |
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873 | documents. Therefore, I recommend that you do not reference an |
874 | external DOCTYPE in your XML documents. | |
875 | ||
876 | One problem is entities for characters. Typically, as well as | |
877 | providing validation, DTDs also provide a set of character entities | |
878 | for documents to use. Schemas cannot provide this functionality, | |
879 | because schema validation happens after XML parsing. The recommended | |
880 | solution is to either use the Unicode characters directly, or, if this | |
881 | is impractical, use character references. nXML mode supports this by | |
882 | providing commands for entering characters and character references | |
883 | using the Unicode names, and can display the glyph corresponding to a | |
884 | character reference. | |
885 | ||
886 | @node Limitations | |
887 | @chapter Limitations | |
888 | ||
889 | nXML mode has some limitations: | |
890 | ||
891 | @itemize @bullet | |
892 | @item | |
893 | DTD support is limited. Internal parsed general entities declared | |
894 | in the internal subset are supported provided they do not contain | |
895 | elements. Other usage of DTDs is ignored. | |
896 | @item | |
897 | The restrictions on RELAX NG schemas in section 7 of the RELAX NG | |
898 | specification are not enforced. | |
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899 | @end itemize |
900 | ||
901 | @bye |