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Re: bug in comment-region
From: |
Karl Chen |
Subject: |
Re: bug in comment-region |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Jun 2004 02:11:20 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
I use C-u comment-region / comment-dwim all the time. Perhaps
that functionality could be moved to M-- (negative-argument)
instead of C-u though.
(BTW: I actually use my own function `comment-line-or-region'
which is much more useful when transient-mark-mode is on)
>>> "Werner" == Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:
Werner>
>> Thanks. Anyway, my suggestion w.r.t. C-u still holds --
>> IMHO it is quite inconvenient to control the behaviour of
>> such a versatile function with a global variable.
>>
>> `comment-region' and `comment-dwim' already have a (much
>> more useful) meaning for C-u (in fact, comment-region has
>> several).
Werner>
Werner> I haven't yet used comment-dwim, so I won't say
Werner> something about this function. But IMHO it is a
Werner> strange idea to have `C-u something' do exactly the
Werner> opposite of `something'. Until now I've considered
Werner> the C-u prefix as a means to get an extended or
Werner> slightly modified functionality of a function.
Werner>
Werner> Are there other commands which do the opposite if
Werner> prefixed with C-u?
Werner>
Werner> And I don't agree with your conclusion that the
Werner> several meanings of C-u for `comment-region' are `much
Werner> more useful'. For me, they are useful for
Werner> `uncomment-region' only.
Werner>
Werner>
Werner> Werner
Werner>
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Karl 2004-06-10 02:07