Re: RDP 8.0.3 (Block comment)

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've long had a way to comment a block - use the block selection features.

1. Put cursor in comment position of first line
2. Press Alt-R
3. Cursor down to end of block
4. Press Alt-R again
5. Right-click
6. Type L-E-*
7. Press Enter

Ba-da-bing!

Alt-R is for selecting a Rectangle. Steps 5-7 are for putting a fill 
string into whatever the selected bit is.

For free-form, insert a cursor-right after step 3 and use // instead of 
the asterisk in step 6

I use this all the time to put version markers in columns 1-5 of RPG, also.

I do like the idea of some auto-comment as has been described. I just 
probably will keep using this method, but who knows?

HTH
Vern

On 10/19/2011 4:43 AM, Paul Bailey wrote:
> Just a minor whinge, but the block commenting doesn't work how I want it to.
>
> To comment three lines I press Home, Shift+Down (x3), Shift+Left, Ctrl+/, where I would expect to press Home, Shift+Down (x3), Ctrl+/ based on the other "selected" functions available.
>
> Another minor issue is that it *inserts* an asterisk at column 7 on all selected lines (in non-FREE RPG) but I would prefer it to overwrite column 7 with an asterisk instead of moving all op-codes one character to the right which makes things look untidy in column-specific RPG code. Has anyone seen a preferences page somewhere for it? I can't find one.
>
> With FREE code, it inserts // at column 8 which is fair enough, but it still comments all the selected lines *and* the line that the cursor is on.
>
>
> -Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kurt Anderson
> Sent: 17 October 2011 15:02
> To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i&  iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDP 8.0.3
>
> This is by far my favorite refresh/fix-pack.
>
> A couple content-assist issues have been fixed that I reported (SE47725 and SE47784), as well as seeing an RFE I entered come to life (seeing decimal positions on numeric fields in content-assist).  Very cool.  And also - block commenting!  That is so sweet.
>
> -Kurt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Schoen
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:23 PM
> To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDP 8.0.3
>
> Any major improvements between 8.0 and 8.0.3.
>
> Looks like a lot of bug fixes, most of which I've never run into :-)
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
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> message: 1
> date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:53:24 -0500
> from: Kurt Anderson<kurt.anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDP 8.0.3
>
> Thanks for the response, Eric.  I look forward to the notice that it's available.
>
> Thanks,
> Kurt
>
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