Questions tagged [comment]
is for distinguishing comment lines from code. Emacs uses the same key bindings for manipulating comments in different modes. Emacs handles all the different ways of inserting comments for each of the major modes. Use additional tags to indicate language-specific modes for questions about comments.
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How to execute Elisp code embedded in c++ comment?
While I found lots of sources, how to use Elisp in an org-mode document, what I try to do is not related to org-mode at all.
My idea is to embed Elisp functions and calls of Elisp functions within ...
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To remove characters in the beginnings of lines
To add // in the beginnings of multiple lines I can use either string-insert-rectangle or string-rectangle (C-x r t).
But how is it possible to remove these characters instead?
This question is not ...
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Adjust how comments work in markdown-mode
How can I adjust how M-; (comment-dwim) works in markdown-mode? Specifically, I'd like for it to not use delimiters for each line. As an example, in Markdown mode, if I commend a line like
This is a ...
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Comments in org capture templates
I have a lot of org capture templates defined in my .emacs file.
I'd like to be able to add a "comment" into some of them - how would I do that?
For example when I'm capturing a new GTD ...
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How do I match comments where the start and the end character are the same?
I have a programming language I want to make a major mode for where both the start and the end characters of a comment are the same. Specifically #.
#
This is a comment
#
As you can see it can match ...
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No comment syntax defined when tangling lua or vimrc code blocks
Resolution
With help from commenters, I have things kind of working.
I removed :comments link from Properties.
I manually added comments to the top of every code block to replicate what :comments ...
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Inheritance of font-lock-comment-delimiter-face
How does inheritance of font-lock-comment-delimiter-face work with font-lock-comment-face?
The following uses a different colour for the comment delimiter by setting the foreground colour to font-lock-...
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How to properly use modify-syntax-entry flags to syntax highlight comments in Lua?
I made my own Lua major mode about a month back. There is one thing that is still not working:
highlighting comments.
At first, I simply added ("--.*" . font-lock-comment-face) to lua-font-...
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How to hide comments and move them to a separate window?
I'm interested in hiding comments in code or structured text, but displaying them in another window; i.e. same buffer, two windows side-by-side, one showing the main text (code, or content), but ...
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Is it possible for hideshow to display both the start and trailing comment characters?
Running hs-toggle-hiding converts a C-style multi-line comment from.
/*
* This is a comment.
*/
To:
/* ...
Is there a way to collepse the comment to:
/* ... */
Instead?
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Docstring - quotes or semicolons?
In the documentation I only see mention of using semicolons for comments and docstrings,
but in elisp-documents I regularly see functions documented in double-quotes, such as in org.el:
(defun org-...
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IntelliJ style comment block cannot be recognized
In java-mode, I find the IntelliJ style comment block /** ... */ cannot be recognized correctly. And I have checked that the value of comment-start-skip variable (inherit from c-mode) is set as
"\...
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After setting syntax-propertize-function, comment is not being fontified with comment face
I'm trying to build a major mode for xwiki, where I'm defining
{{{
verbatim
}}}
as a comment.
So far, I've done
(eval-when-compile
(defconst xwiki-syntax-propertize-rules
(syntax-...
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How can I create block (multiline) comments in Lisp code?
How can I do multiline / block comments in Lisp code - e.g. in the init.el.
In Python I would do it like this
"""Block
comment
"""
In C/C++ like this
/*
Block
comment
*/
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How to uncomment multiple expressions in Lisp code?
I am using Emacs, Slime, Paredit, and other packages to work on Common Lisp (SBCL).
It is really useful to comment out multiple expressions while debugging.
For instance, suppose I have these ...
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Why Emacs creates multiples whitespaces after I create a comment and jump to a new line?
I am using Emacs, Paredit, Slime to work on Common Lisp (SBCL). When I create a comment such as:
; test
It is placed as expected. But if I press return in order to create a new line below ;test this ...
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Auctex change default comment style for latex-mode
I want a double %% to start my comments in latex documents. I'have found two solutions suggested
;; solution 1
(add-hook 'latex-mode-hook '(lambda() (setq comment-start "%% ")))
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Commenting moves point unexpectedly
The usual behavior of comment-line is to move point to the next line.
When commenting code within an Org source block, however, the point will jump to some previous line.
For example, say that point ...
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How add specifc string(ex: TODO) along with a comment character for a specifc mode?
Based on specific mode, by using a keybinding I want to add a TODO string that is preceded by an unique comment character. For example, (org-mode is exception since ** does not stands for comment and ...
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How to convert single line comments to multiline comments?
I have a bunch of single line comment blocks in C-code that I want to change to multiline. Example:
// foo
// bar
should become:
/* foo
* bar
*/
How can I do this easily in Emacs?
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Uncommenting not working on Javascript file
I am trying to use the block un-comment command C-x C-; but I am getting the error message "Can't find the comment end". I am writing Javascript code in an .html file. The block comment ...
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in Fundamental mode, give certain marked text a different face
I am trying to add a new comment character in fundamental mode, but I can't get it to work.
Let me rephrase that, because I think it's an xy-problem.
What I really would like to have is the ...
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Commenting out some JSX code section with Emacs 27 js-mode
When I comment out (M-x comment-dwim) some section of JSX code with the new js-mode in Emacs 27, it gives:
// <Grid rows={rows} columns={columns}>
// <Table />
// <TableHeaderRow /&...
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Emacs auto-indenting comments in an unhelpful manner
New Emacs user here. Hitting enter after a semicolon commented line in any file type (.el and .lisp at the very least) indents the comment in a very unhelpful way that I have to assume is not intended ...
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Continue comment while editing lisp and when hitting enter
If I'm writing a comment
;; this is a comment
;; this is its second line
And I hit enter, I get a new line like this:
;; this is a comment
;; this is its second line
Instead of getting a new line ...
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Comment code using elisp
Input and desired output
Original code Commented out code:
C %% MODULE %% module_name C~ CPR C ## MODULE ## module_name
lines of code ...
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Custom comment with comment-line and comment-dwim
Basically, what I want to do is to customize comment-start and comment-end when invoking different commands to then call comment-dwim or comment-line with them.
What I managed to do so far is the ...
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AUCTeX highlight contents of comment environment as a comment
I sometimes use comment environment in my LaTeX documents. Is there a way to make AUCTeX display contents of this environment as a comment?
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Comment out / uncomment source blocks on state change in org-mode config file
I started to move my config file to an org-file just recently.
I wondered if it was possible to use the TODO state to activate or deactivate source blocks in the entry under the heading. This way it ...
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How to highlight a single word in comments, which matches a function call?
While there are packages that handle this, I would like to highlight a single word in source code comments, using for example the warning face, when a function call returns t, using the word as input.
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How do I get Emacs to accept a # (hash) sign as a comment starter in a new mode?
I am attempting to develop an Emacs major mode for writing Tecplot macros. The Tecplot macro language has lots of peculiar constructs, such as a # sign for comments and $! for the beginning of a macro ...
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Change behaviour of "comment-region" in org-mode tangled source blocks?
I am experimenting with using org-mode for some of my startup config, and adding (org-babel-load-file (concat user-emacs-directory "config.org")) to my .emacs.
Then I use a structure like the ...
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Org mode link in comments
Is there a way to make links work in comments?
# Comment with [[link]]
link
Error Message:
edmacro-parse-keys: C-M- must prefix a single character, not up
The link would work only when separated ...
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How to change the company complete backend based on the current syntax?
I would like to have natural language completion (company-ispell for e.g.) but only when editing comments.
How should the company back-end be swapped out when editing commensts?
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Emacs `captain-mode` auto-capitalization in comment
I installed captain-mode, and it worked as expected in org/text modes, but not so quite in programming modes' comment lines.
The problem is it can auto-capitalize the first word from the second ...
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Can I use "comment-column" for comments in other modes than emacs-lisp-mode?
Emacs-lisp-mode distinguishes multiple kinds of comments.
; is an "end of line" comment when following code, or a "right-margin" comment obeying comment-column when indented with indent-for-tab-...
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writegood mode in code
I like to use writegood-mode for my source code comments. I feel that there should be a way to make it check comments only. However, my python files display that kind of things:
and so does bash mode:...
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Set font family for comments
In coq mode I have ligatures being used: instead of "fun", it shows λ in the programming code. But in the comments lambda transformed into a character I can't even copy, so I'll attach a screenshot:
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comment-kill for entire region
Is there a similar command to comment-kill that kills all comments in a given region and saves them to the kill ring?
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(goto-char (region-end)) doesn't set the point to the end of the region
I have written a small elisp script which should put oneline or multiline comments based on the current buffer's major mode. The source file is here: https://github.com/amirteymuri/Com/blob/master/...
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How to align "end of line comments" in sh-mode?
I moved to column 60 of the first line and evaluated set-comment-column. Then I moved to the second column and called indent-for-comment, but it indents the comment randomly but not at column 60.
How ...
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Are comment style flags insufficient to separate SQL comments?
I am trying to understand why SQL mode accepts -* as a comment block start.
In sql.el, I read:
(defvar sql-mode-syntax-table
(let ((table (make-syntax-table)))
;; C-style comments /**/ ...
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Why does sql-mode think -* starts a block comment?
While typing in a SQL mode buffer, I noticed that -* starts a block comment. Why?
It happens whenever I type an asterisk/star character (ASCII 42) directly after a simple dash/hyphen/minus character (...
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Can I make "comment-region" comment empty lines?
In LaTeX code I can have:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
\begin{comment}
adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis ...
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Is there an emacs command to go to end of code line (before line comment and whitespaces start)
say you have that:
stuff
indented stuff # commented stuff
We already got move-beginning-of-line and back-to-indentation for the left side. Now, for the right side...
I'd love to know if you ...
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How to prettify symbols inside comments?
I'm using prettify-symbol mode together with Pragmata Pro.el.
Ligatures work perfectly fine in the source code but for some reason with comments they don't. I think I'm missing something since it's ...
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Emacs custom major mode with multiple comment types
I'm trying to write my first (very simple) major mode for Emacs. My goal is to have multiple comment types, but I can't find a way to implement this. Basically, I want my major mode to make ...
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unexpected long indent after colon in web-mode
I have some trouble locating the source of 8 tabs and 3 spaces more than the previous indentation when I'm inside js inside web-mode. These appear after a line that ends with a colon. Example (note ...
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How to prevent emacs from fontifying empty part of the line?
As an example, if I start a one line comment:
;; Comment⏎
Emacs will fontify the the whole line, from the beginning of line, occupying the entire width of the window, as comment. This can be made ...
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Strange comment indentation results
I am working with a simple major mode. The format has one single line comment delimiter, i.e., %. However, I get strange results when running fill-paragraph on a comment. Specifically, the result I ...
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