Hi,
my solution that I've been using for years is to write YANG modules in the YIN
syntax. With the nXML mode of emacs this is actually rather effective
(statement completion, on-the-fly validation).
I also extended the YIN syntax with a few XML elements from the XHTML
namespace. This helps me to handle paragraphs and lists in a safe way.
Descriptions etc. are then reflowed automatically as a part of XSLT transform
to the compact YANG syntax.
Here are the details:
https://gitlab.nic.cz/labs/yang-tools/-/wikis/editing_yang
See also https://github.com/llhotka/YANG-I-D
Lada
Michael Richardson writes:
> As people do more YANG modules, more and more logic and description moves
> from regular text into the YANG module. Where it is awkward and annoying to
> edit.
>
> And references from YANG modules don't get counted/resolved/updated, and
> all sorts things that the XML format was designed to solve have basically
> reverted to 1996 era (without even nroff) when it comes text in the YANG
> module.
>
> In one of my drafts, I guess some minor wording tweaks in one draft leads to
> some lines exceeding 72 characters (by one). Argh. Change from C-mode to
> text-mode. reflow.
>
> It seems like we should be thinking about what to do here.
> I was introduced to the SED method of fixing yang MMDD version
> references.
>
> While I like YANG as executable "code", it sure feels like it is not smart to
> be authoring in it.
>
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