Re: [gedit-list] Commenting code, how to do that...

[Paolo Borelli <pborelli katamail com>]

Il giorno dom, 29/03/2009 alle 17.35 +0200, Petar Milin ha scritto:
> Hello!
> I am using Gedit 2.22.3 with gtksourceview-2.0 in Debian testing.
> 

Ok, this explains it. That old versions only supports the commenting
feature for a small set of languages. If you want to add support for R
you need to edit the codecomment.py file of the plugin.

Newer versions support R (and any langauge with a proper lang file)
automatically.


Paolo

> Yes, R is selected under View->Syntax_Highlight.
> 
> No, Commenting is not working.
> 
> Although highlighting is alive and colorful. I must manually put '#'
> in front of a line and, eventually, to
> copy&paste. I cannot use <CTRL><ALT>C or Edit->Comment.
> 
> Best,
> PM
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Paolo Borelli <pborelli katamail com>
> wrote:
>         Il giorno sab, 28/03/2009 alle 11.53 +0100, Petar Milin ha
>         scritto:
>         > Hi!
>         > I wonder how to manage automatic code commenting for R
>         language. There
>         > is nice auto-commenting/uncommenting option in Edit menu. It
>         works in
>         > Python, or LaTeX, but not in R. How can I add that? Comment
>         in R is '#'.
>         >
>         
>         The information about how to comment a block is taken from the
>         corresponding gtksourceview lang file (R.lang in this case).
>         
>         As far as I can see R.lang contains:
>         
>         ...
>            <property name="line-comment-start">#</property>
>         ...
>         
>         So it should work.
>         
>         Which version of gedit and gtksourceview are you using? Can
>         you check
>         from the View->Syntax Highlighting menu that the R syntax
>         highlighting
>         mode is actually activated?
>         
>         Paolo
>         
>         
>         > Thanks!
>         > PM
>         >
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