From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-16T02:57:25+09:00
Subject: Re: block commenting-out

On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 12:53:24AM +0900, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> Daniel Harple <dharple@generalconsumption.org> writes:
> 
> > On Aug 15, 2006, at 6:42 AM, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> >
> >> Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>> Vim could, of course, do it via a substitution iterating over a
> >>> number
> >>> of lines indicated by a prepended number.  I'm sure EMACS (Esc
> >>> Meta Alt
> >>> Ctrl Shift) could do something similar, but with four times as
> >>> many keys
> >>> involved.
> >>>
> >>> What, me biased?  Never.
> >>
> >> M-x comment-region
> >>
> >> Bind to every key you like (I don't use it often).
> >>
> >> C-u M-x comment-region (or M-x uncomment-region) will uncomment.
> >
> > Try M-; (comment-dwim).
> 
> I knew there was an easier way, but M-; requires using transient-mark
> mode (shudder).  Well, not too bad in Emacs 22, C-SPC, C-SPC.

What do "comment-region" and "comment-dwim" mean in practical terms in
this case?

How many modes are there to emacs?

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