Re: auto-detecting encoding for XML

[Stefan Monnier]

> > In any case we should come up with some way to do those things
> > conveniently, because it applies to po-mode, to sgml-mode to
> > tex-mode and probably a lot more.  Note that these are always
> > associated with a mode, so it would be good if the implementation
> > also was mode-specific so that it automatically works if you open an
> > xml file called foo.myxmlextension (as long as
> > "\\.myxmlextension\\'" is in the auto-mode-alist).
> 
> I think I want my XML files decoded correctly, even if I decide to
> edit them in C mode, say.  (It is entirely reasonable to assume that
> there might be specialized modes for special XML files.)

What about editing an elisp file containing an xml skeleton that
looks just like the tag matched by the auto-coding-regexp-alist ?


        Stefan