Re: Multi-line comments (was: Any change to RDI settings to edit **FREE totally free RPG?)

"WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 05/18/2016 05:24:44 PM:

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Re: [WDSCI-L] Any change to RDI settings to edit **FREE totally free

RPG?

"WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 05/18/2016 04:56:42

PM:

Only by starting each one by //

But why is that a biggie? In most languages that allow it
programmers seem to avoid it as it tends to cause errors.

It would just be nice to be able to insert one line at the
beginning, of a large section of code that needs to be commented out,

and

insert one line at the end.

/*
.
.
.
*/

Just sayin'...

Dave,

Try inserting your first line comment so everyone knows what you've done
and why you've done it. Then cursor to the first line, press Alt+L to mark
the first line of the block, go to the last line and hit Alt+L (or simply
cursor down with the shift key held), then press Ctrl+/ The block is
commented out--i.e., each line is marked as a comment. Oh, then you need
to press Alt+U to unmark the block. It's not exactly what you're asking
for, but it avoids looking at lines of code that are not live and spending
time trying to understand them. I think that's Jon's concern--if someone
edits the code in SEU (yeah, I know it would be crazy to try and edit free
code in SEU), they could easily miss the first line. But with the current
feature, every line is marked as a comment. That should avoid the
confusion.

Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International
www.TheWay.org
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