Re: Comment Lines in Free Format

Buck,
Thanks... but I was there before posting the question. I see nothing about comments.

I simply would like an <enter> on a comment row to repeat the comment token "//" in the same row as the previous.

Greg

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From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck Calabro
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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Comment Lines in Free Format

On 6/15/2018 11:28 AM, Greg Wilburn wrote:

When using asterisks for comment lines... If you're on commented line
(using asterisk in column 7) and press enter, the next line is
formatted as a comment

When using // as comments (**FREE or not), pressing enter just creates a new blank line w/out comments.

Can this behavior be controlled?

I believe that this setting is controlled by 'Repeat previous specification type'.

Remote Systems > Remote Systems LPEX Editor > IBM i Parsers > ILE RPG > Key behavior. The filter text I use to find that is 'behavior'.

I'm thinking that * is a 'Comment spec' whereas // is a 'Comment token'.
We can put a // comment after any code, but not a * comment.



Another way to 'disable' this behaviour is to press Ctrl + Enter after typing the comment. This stops the 'repeat spec' action for this line of text.

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--buck

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Your updates make it better!

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