Sorry if I'm butting in the conversation, but what if instead of /*
don't parse this */ you add another paste function on the IDE called "Paste As Comments" and assign it a rather unique keyboard shortcut like Ctrl + Alt + \ and paste whatever is in the clipboard in text format, as comments (with the ' in front of them)? It might be a poor substitute but something like /* */ but IMHO, it beats doing all the extra work for just the block comments. Regards Dimitris On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Ron <r...@cyberjunky.nl> 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 :) > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user