Folding loses scope in multi-line text values

[jgeorgeson]

I originally filed this as atom/atom#7934 and was told to refile it here.

Looking at an Ant build file with a target that uses an echo task with an task using a multi-line text value. Something like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="lgcbuildutils">
<target name="init">
...
</target>
<target name="clean">
...
</target>
<target name="compile">
...
</target>
<target name="special">
        ...
        <echo file="${reportFile}"><![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="file:///usr/share/mylib/conversion.xsl"?>
<modules/>]]>
        </echo>
        ....
</target>
<target name="deploy">
...
</target>
</project>

When I fold all, it leaves the <?xml-stylesheet> unfolded, and everything after that line is folded under it. In the first screenshot you can see that everything between two such echo tasks was folder under the first <?xml-stylesheet>. In the second you can see the and the first <?xml-stylesheet> unfolded.

My original submission I thought it was from the <?xml ...?> elements but it turned out to be any multi-line text value.

[winstliu]

Folding is currently indentation-based, so I don't think language-xml can solve this right now. Sorry 😦.

[tekdj1]

I am trying to move away from Notepad++ and start using Atom, since I find myself using both Windows and MAC. Atom works on both OS's, while Notepad++ works only on Windows.

I work on prepping Cisco Network scripts all the time, and use XML to better organize my changes. However, folding doesn't seem to work, unless I do indent. Problem with doing indents is that when I need to paste config on some of my devices, they don't like indents, and if I remove indents, the folding breaks.

In notepad++, it doesn't care about indents.

int gig0/1
desc workstation
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 33
no shut

Also, in notepad++, it doesn't care if I put an ! in front of . Putting an ! is helpful, so that when I paste configs, I can paste the section too into my config, and it will be ignored because of !, and I won't get an Error.

!

int gig0/1
desc workstation
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 33
no shut

!

It just seems that Notepad++ is much more flexible in these terms. It would be nice if Atom can be more flexible, since it can have many functions.

[tekdj1]

Also, it appears that its folding from int gig0/1 all the way down, just because it has a slight indent for subsequent commands, even though int gig0/1 is not surrounded with < >. Wish it wouldn't do this, and instead it respected folding on the < > sections, especially when having file saved as an XML. Again it appears that Notepad++ is much more flexible in this.

int gig0/1
desc workstation
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 33
no shut