Re: nxml-mode: consider changing nxml-sexp-element-flag default

[Stefan Monnier]

> For -years- this annoyed me... Until someone pointed out that simply
> setting nxml-sexp-element-flag to true makes Emacs behave exactly the
> behaviour you would expect and want it to.
> This is -much- better, and actually makes nxml-mode a decent
> "programming language" for batch XML-jobs through keyboard macros.
> Why, oh why, is this not the default?

Probably for fear of irking users used to the old behavior.
FWIW I'm mildly in favor of changing the default,


        Stefan