How to display XML source code using HTML with Emacs?

Question

In the HTML file, I need to show some XML code. The problem is that I cannot use

<pre>..</pre> 

to show '<' and '>'.

What will be the solution to this problem?

ADDED

From the answer, replacing '<' and '>' to < and > may be a solution. I am an Emacs user, are there any Emacs / magic tools for this automatically? I mean, I can use search and replace, but I expect Emacs to be able to do this by choosing "select region" -> "Mx replace_xml" or something like that.

Answer 1

You need to exit < like < and & like & . If you wish, for consistency you can avoid > like >

To do this automatically in Emacs, if you are in HTML mode, you can select the code you would like to avoid and run Mx sgml-quote .

Answer 2

You need to replace < with < and > on > . How to do this depends on the server side language.

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Update : according to your update: this is no longer related to programming. I think http://superuser.com is the best place to ask questions related to software.

Answer 3

As already mentioned, you need to avoid XML. For reliability, I would also avoid single and double quotes. Please note that CDATA and <pre> can cause problems if for any reason your XML document includes ]]> or </pre> .

You can get away with doing direct line substitution for escaping, but if you do, make sure you exit & in & before you make any other screens.

Answer 4

As already noted, you need to avoid xml markup in order to display it in html.

Check out the xmlverbatim stylesheet: it does this, as well as beautiful printing and coloring.

If you use google, there are several style sheets for similar formatting.

Answer 5

Make a replacement using a programming language without Emacs.

For Python:

 #Make a copy just in case. #Open file. #Read lines. for line in lines: line = line.replace("<pre>", "&lt;").replace("</pre>", "&gt;") #Output to file. #Enjoy! 

Answer 6

• Choose region
• Do M-% < RET < RET !