Re: Multi-line comments

I understand, Dave. Block comments are nice but aren't currently supported by RPG so you have to figure out your option. RDi supports both commenting and uncommenting a block of lines using Ctrl-/ and Ctrl-\ which add and remove 2 slashes, respectively. Those shortcuts will even support multiple levels of commenting (that is, you can "over-comment" a comment to four slashes, and then un-over-comment it back down to 2).

It's not elegant. The slashes are always in positions 8 and 9, which may be annoying. But it's functional. I'm also very particular about my code, but over the years I've adopted a philosophy: when my preferred style conflicts with the only technique available in my tool, my life is easier when I change my preferred style. :)

Yes, I'm passing familiar with all that and I don't like it. I'm
a bit particular at times and I make no excuses for it. I'm not strictly
OCD (just a little CDO, if you catch my drift), but I do like things a
certain way. In this case, I don't like all the shifted lines. And,
then, what if you were temporarily commenting out those lines of code and
needed to later uncomment them? Is that anticipated by RDi keystrokes,
too? No, I like my block comments in JavaScript, etc. We are supposed to
be a color-coded, context-sensitive world. ;-)

Sincerely,

Dave Clark