Re: Commenting several lines

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 21-01-2022 om 07:31 schreef Seb:
> I was probably influenced by Tab, which works both on lines and on selected
> blocks. I'm not sure this behaviour should be extended to commenting (ie 
> making #
> or % act like M-3 if a block is selected), but perhaps it's worth a thought.

Hmm, no.  Tab is an edge case: it is not a normal, printable character but a
control code, so it is kind of okay that it behaves differently when a block
of text is selected.  But to make normal characters behave specially...

Also, if # or % would behave specially, then why not // and -- and who knows
what other character combinations are used for commenting.  The beauty of M-3
is that (when using syntaxes) it will insert/remove the character or character
combination that is appropriate for the type of file you're editing.

Benno

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