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In c-mode comment-region is adding /* */ style comments.

Is there a way to default to using C++ style // prefix in C source files instead?

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Reset to default
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Support for toggling between block-style and line-style comments was added a few months ago, and should be included in the next release.

If you have a snapshot of the development version of emacs (from master after June 15, 2017), you can use (c-toggle-comment-style) to toggle the comment style.

See http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=7a2038d7c887e4fa08a91950a7494d1dd20c39e1

And the related conversation on emacs-devel: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=7a2038d7c887e4fa08a91950a7494d1dd20c39e1

EDIT:

To enable them by default:

(add-hook 'c-mode-hook (lambda () (c-toggle-comment-style -1)))

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    Is there a way to set the default? - so toggling each time isn't needed.
    – ideasman42
    Aug 30, 2017 at 10:35
  • You still need a hook I think. See updated answer.
    – Toon Claes
    Sep 1, 2017 at 9:21
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This can be done by changing comment-start & comment-end.

(add-hook 'c-mode-hook (lambda () (setq comment-start "//"
                                        comment-end   "")))

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  • You may also be interested in comment-start-skip for certain use cases within c-mode.
    – lawlist
    Aug 17, 2017 at 16:12

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