micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
XML syntax highlighting breaks if empty tag contains whitespace before close
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Description
Description
XML syntax highlighting handles <tagname attr="text"/> fine, but is borked by <tagname attr="text" />.
Environment
- Version: 2.0.15 (6a62575b)
- OS: Archlinux
- Terminal: alacritty
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Research direction
Reproduce the problem in micro with the two XML examples, comparing an empty tag with and without whitespace before the closing slash. Then locate the XML syntax-highlighting implementation and its related tests. Done means both forms receive correct highlighting without regressing the existing example.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100