Re: [MacPerl] Commenting blocks of code

[schinder@pobox.com]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 12:31:56AM -0500, Paul N. Schatz wrote:
} 	Someone must have written an AppleScript or MacPerl script or some
} such that permits one to select a block of lines of MacPerl code in a
} window and automatically comment them out or vice versa.  Can someone point
} me in the right direction?

A lot of people use pod for this.  Just surround the block you want to
comment by a

=for nobody
=cut

and Perl won't see it.

As others have pointed out, most editors are programmable these days,
and usually have a "comment selection" equivalent that knows what to
do for various languages.

} 
} 	Paul
} --
} Paul Schatz
} Chem Dept
} University of Virginia
} 

-- 
Paul Schinder
schinder@pobox.com

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