Geany text editor commenting

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Is there a way to highlight a section of code to be commented out in one swoop using geany text editor?

score 76 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 15 '11 at 18:23

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Control-E to toggle commenting.

answered Aug 15 '11 at 18:23

ishmael

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Why does geany use `#~` for comments in bash instead of just `#`? – a06e Mar 24 '15 at 12:49
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@becko: In fact it inserts three characters `#~ `. The last one is a space. I think the reason is to allow Geany to detect its own comments to be able to remove them when uncommenting and not to touch comments created different ways. – pabouk - Ukraine stay strong May 26 '15 at 12:22
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@becko: You can turn that off under "Comment toggle marker" in Preferences (I prefer setting it to a single space). – geira Jul 08 '15 at 10:09
@becko, it is in preferences -> editor -> functions. I want to have `# ` (with space) but this does not work. Leaving empty the input will result to `#` which is not the standard commenting. – Timo Jan 25 '21 at 15:28
In version 1.37.1, I don't understand why Geany has shortcuts displayed in the menus for just about everything except "commenting and un-commenting". This control-E shotcut doesn't act the same as the `Edit > Format > Comment Line(s)` (which doesn't insert that `~`). – Lonnie Best Jun 24 '22 at 15:14

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '19 at 08:05

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Control + E

Edit default comment: Preferences > Editor > Features > Comment toggle marker

answered Aug 07 '19 at 08:05

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered May 06 '11 at 02:03

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Yes there is, you just have to highlight the code you want to comment then right-click, mouse over format and and click on "Comment Line(s)" to comment the lines. To uncomment,instead of selecting "Comment Line(s)" select "Uncomment Line(s)".

answered May 06 '11 at 02:03

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Geany text editor commenting

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