Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:

>>> In other modes, block comments might be the most common form of comment,
>>> however.
>>
>> AFAIK "the most common form of comment" is what `comment-start/end`
>> is for.
>>
>>
>>         Stefan "who still doesn't know what block-comment-start/end is for"
>
> I'm not sure either.  Maybe we should back out Elijah's change and
> implement the actual user functionality he wants (the new minor mode) in
> some other way?

In that case, I've written a patch for that: