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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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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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How to add additional comment syntax to a mode?
In general, given a major mode with a defined comment syntax, what do I have to define or change to add a new comment syntax? By "adding", I mean setting some new characters so that they
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Elisp: Inserting Comments
I'm trying to write an elisp program that will insert a section header and footer as a comment. For example, if I need a section called "intro" for my LaTeX document, the following would be inserted:
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Keyword as comment ender (and starter)
In my previous question I asked about complex comment-start sequence and I think I figured it out, but now I have another problem. Let say we have this mode:
(defconst test-font-lock-keywords
'(("\\...
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Complex comment-start (and end) sequence
As far as I understand there is syntax flags only for comment delimiters made up of two characters but if I have comment delimiters of length greater than two characters is it possible to change ...
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Using a different major mode in comments
A programming language that I use lets me format comments and docstrings using markdown, and then export my code and documentation to PDF.
When I edit the file, though, Emacs doesn't see comments as ...
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How to change comment character from # (hash) to % (percent sign) for Octave major mode
By default, comment-region inserts # for comments in Octave major mode:
# foo
I want to modify the behavior so that it inserts the percent sign
% foo
I used the following
(setq octave-mode-hook
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