[Gambas-user] comments

[Stephen Bungay]

   Yeah, I see what you mean, that would be handy for pasting blocks of 
text in without the IDE mangling it. I see your point.

Ron wrote:
> Stephen Bungay wrote:
>> I made up a standard comment block a long time ago as a text file, I 
>> simply paste it in and modify/add to it as needed. Yes you have to put 
>> the ' at the start of every new comment line, but IMHO that is no big deal.
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>>   
> 
> Yeah but the the damage is already done then.
> What I was trying to explain was, if you paste a text like this into the 
> editor:
> 
> ---
> This is some text with debug information
> and is just used to explain my point.
> And there should be a bunch more lines below this one with preserved 
> words in them.
> ---
> 
> It becomes this, even before you have a chance to comment it:
> 
> ---
> This IS some text WITH DEBUG information
> AND IS just used TO explain my point.
> AND there should be a bunch more lines below this one WITH preserved 
> words IN them.
> ---
> 
> Even if you arrange enough blank lines with a ' in front before you 
> paste it over them. You get this:
> 
> ---
> 'This is some text with debug information
> AND IS just used TO explain my point.
> AND there should be a bunch more lines below this one WITH preserved 
> words IN them.
> '
> '
> ---
> 
> That wouldn't be the case if you can put an /*
> and */ and can paste between those.
> Can't explain it any more clearer than this.
> 
> Too bad it's a lot of work to implement.
> 
> Regards,
> Ron_2nd.
>> Ron wrote:
>>   
>>> But.. sometimes you want to paste some lines of text as comment into your
>>> code. If you do this your way the text gets parsed/changed as soon as you
>>> paste it. Before you get the change to mark it as comment.It would be nice
>>> if you can type /* and */ and paste the stuff between it so the editor
>>> leaves it untouched. That's my reason for having a more clever way of
>>> marking a comment block.
>>> Regards,
>>> Ron_2nd.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> this e-mail is sent with my android phone.
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Highlight the block of code you want to comment out.... then click > the
>>>>       
>>> little comment icon i...
>>> Yes but no: many times I have to comment/decomment many parts of a single
>>> block, with C comment you can see where you are instantly otherwise you
>>> must re-read each line.
>>>
>>> But thanks anyway :)
>>>
>>>     
> 
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