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

[Petar Milin <pmilin ff uns ac rs>]

Thanks so much!
Can you, please, just point me to what needs to be changed in
codecomment.py?

Best,
PM

On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 20:05 +0200, Paolo Borelli wrote:
> 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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