Rough start...

[Mark Johnson]

'D at 7@k|N&' wrote:

>>1. Pull the .emacs stuff in the Doc Guide into my ~/.emacs file.

<plug type="shameless">

Another user-friendly alternative would be to use my 'psgmlx' 
package, which not only does all the SGML/XML editing setup for you, 
it also provides the capability to tag content or add/change 
attributes by right-clicking the mouse in various places in your 
document. It also provides a number of color themes specifically for 
editing SGML/XML documents, all of which are accessible from the 
'SGML' menu when in sgml-mode or xml-mode.

To use/install it, all you need to do is to expand the tarball, run 
the 'test' script, put a couple snippets in your .emacs, choose a 
default color-theme, and you're up and running. BTW, specific 
installation instructions are provided in a popup emacs window when 
you run the 'test' script. You can download & read more about psgmlx 
at the home page:

http://dulug.duke.edu/~mark/psgmlx/

If you do choose to go this route, you should either start a new 
.emacs file (rename your old one), and add the snippets to it, or 
else place the psgmlx stuff *after* the stuff you've put in from the 
Docs Guide. Either way, don't forget to byte compile the new .emacs.

OTOH, if you're happy with your setup, don't change it.

</plug>

HTH.

Cheers,
Mark

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