I have a Ruby code file open in vi, there are lines commented out with #: Say I want to uncomment all the lines in the first def … end section. What’s an efficient way to do that in Vim? In general, I’m looking for an easy and fluid way to comment and uncomment lines. … Read more
Most of the editors take some kind of shortcut to comment out blocks of code. The default editors use something like command or control and single quote to comment out selected lines of code. In RStudio it’s Command or Control+/. Check in your editor. It’s still commenting line by line, but they also uncomment selected lines as well. … Read more
No, there are no inline comments in Python. From the documentation: A comment starts with a hash character (#) that is not part of a string literal, and ends at the end of the physical line. A comment signifies the end of the logical line unless the implicit line joining rules are invoked. Comments are ignored by … Read more
Note that in general, IDE’s like Visual Studio will markup a comment in the context of the current language, by selecting the text you wish to turn into a comment, and then using the Ctrl+K Ctrl+C shortcut, or if you are using Resharper / Intelli-J style shortcuts, then Ctrl+/. Server side Comments: Razor .cshtml Like so: .aspxFor those looking … Read more
In the VBA editor, go to View, Toolbars, Customise… or right click on the tool bar and select Customise… Under the Commands tab, select the Edit menu on the left. Then approximately two thirds of the way down there’s two icons, Comment Block and Uncomment Block. Drag and drop these onto your toolbar and then you have easy access to highlight a block of code, and comment … Read more
This is how it looks (via screenshot) – otherwise it’s hard to interpret how the above comments will look. Click to Zoom-in:
The rem command is indeed for comments. It doesn’t inherently update anyone after running the script. Some script authors might use it that way instead of echo, though, because by default the batch interpreter will print out each command before it’s processed. Since rem commands don’t do anything, it’s safe to print them without side … Read more
Its all metadata for the Foobar module. The first one is the docstring of the module, that is already explained in Peter’s answer. How do I organize my modules (source files)? (Archive) The first line of each file shoud be #!/usr/bin/env python. This makes it possible to run the file as a script invoking the … Read more
You can, if you want, use standalone strings for multi-line comments — I’ve always thought that prettier than if (FALSE) { } blocks. The string will get evaluated and then discarded, so as long as it’s not the last line in a function nothing will happen. The main limitation is that when you’re commenting stuff out, you’ve … Read more
I assume those XAML namespace declarations are in the parent tag of your control? You can’t put comments inside of another tag. Other than that, the syntax you’re using is correct.