html5.vim Handle lack of optional closing tags

Many common tags in HTML5, such as <p> and <li>, do not require a closing tag, but the current indent file cannot handle this case. For example,

<ul>
  <li>a
  <li>b
  <li>c

gets turned into

<ul>
  <li>a
    <li>b
      <li>c

Oct 24 '12 13:10 MarkLodato

I guess <p> tag need a closing tag. And I think write HTML in a good style is better. No need to support those tags except some tags only have one tag without closing tag.

Oct 25 '12 10:10 stardiviner

Closing optional tags is not universally considered "good style," and besides, the editor is not supposed to impose arbitrary style choices. It should simply interpret the specification correctly.

Oct 25 '12 13:10 MarkLodato

There is no way to detect is this omit close tag or other case. Suggestion?

Jan 30 '13 17:01 othree

It is a bit challenging, but I think you could probably cover the most common cases:

inside a <p>, the following start at the same level: <p>, <ol>, <ul>, <dl>, <div> (and others, I think)
a <li> closes the previous <li>
a <dt> or <dd> closes the previous <dt> or <dd>
an <option> closes the previous <option>

Jan 30 '13 18:01 MarkLodato

Thanks for suggestion. Looks possible but I can't give a promise.

Feb 06 '13 09:02 othree

My indentation is now borked if I close <li>

    <ol>
    <li>Item1</li>
  <li>Item2</li>
</ol>

Oct 19 '13 19:10 mindfulmonk