Block commenting in Gedit?

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Is there a way to comment out a chunk of highlighted code?

I am programming in ruby, and I hate putting # on lines individually.

Kenogenesis answered 4/10, 2011 at 14:39 Comment(1)

Ugh, all the suggestions to use block commenting miss the point, IMO: not as easy or intuitive. IMO. – Vizcacha 4/10, 2011 at 15:10

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1.Install gedit plugins

 sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins

2.Go to Edit->Preference->Plugins-> and enable Code Comment

3.Ctl+m to comment block of codes

4.Ctl+Shift+m to uncomment block of codes

Hedelman answered 4/10, 2011 at 14:54 Comment(4)

I appreciate this answer because some languages don't have multiline comment support; this makes life much easier! – Cloistral 8/2, 2013 at 18:1

worked for me for c++ by inserting //,, no clue if that's the comment for Ruby, or if gedit looks at the file extension (.cpp in my case) and chooses the comment characters accordingly. – Senility 6/1, 2018 at 1:56

Unfortunately, the plugin seems to have been discontinued. – Brink 2/3, 2018 at 12:29

Just installed it today, this is perfect. And the size changer one is useful too. – Radiopaque 12/6, 2019 at 22:29

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Ruby has block commenting...

=begin
    Insert comment here
=end

This will avoid the need to add # to each line... However, I don't think Gedit will convert highlighted code into commented lines by default.

Childs answered 4/10, 2011 at 14:46 Comment(0)

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Code Comment plugin obviously is a good one for # (hash) style commenting but what if you need comment out php code block with double // slashes or any other custom commenting style? For example, with one or two whitespaces added after the comment symbol.

Go to Edit->Preferences->Plugins-> and enable External Tools plugin.
Go to Tools->Manage External Tools.
Under the Tools side bar click add (+) sign, call your new tool "Comment out" and add this code into the Edit field:

#!/bin/bash

# comment out current selection

# comment style

comment="// "

xargs -i -d\\\n echo $comment{}
Set up your tool.

Shortcut Key: Alt+/ (put the cursor in the field and press Alt+/ or any other keys)

Save: Nothing

Input: Current selection (default to document)

Output: Replace current selection

Applicability: All documents? All languages? (change if you need)

To uncomment commented block of code do the same things except below ones.

Name of the Tool: "Uncomment".
Shortcut Key: Alt+Backspace
Code to insert into the Edit field:

#!/bin/bash

# uncomment current selection

# comment symbols to remove

uncomment="^\/\/ "

xargs -i -d\\\n echo {} | sed -ne "s/$uncomment//p"

Change comment/uncomment variable value (double slashes and space) with your desired commenting style.

Enjoy.

Kunkel answered 3/4, 2015 at 20:58 Comment(1)

This is awesome! Thanks for the recipe! Highly recommend to any gedit users out there. – Tantra 15/12, 2015 at 21:33

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Just use a multi-line comment.

Example:

=begin
Anything between a line consisting only of =begin
and a line consisting only of =end
is treated as a comment.
=end

Onomatopoeia answered 4/10, 2011 at 14:44 Comment(0)

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=begin

Code to be commented out

=end

Encyclical answered 4/10, 2011 at 14:43 Comment(0)

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Looks like Code Comment plugin would do it? http://live.gnome.org/GeditPlugins

Bindman answered 4/10, 2011 at 14:44 Comment(0)

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Get the "code comment" plugin.

Vizcacha answered 4/10, 2011 at 14:44 Comment(0)

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You should try gmate! It is a package of cool plugins for Ruby (and not only Ruby) developement under gedit.

You can comment and uncomment bunch of lines like in Sublime or TextMate

Bummer answered 13/6, 2012 at 18:32 Comment(0)

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