GNU bug report logs - #7253
comment-dwim should easily allow mid-line comments

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Cc: 7253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7253: comment-dwim should easily allow mid-line comments
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:00:09 +0800

>>>>> "SM" == Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> Sometimes I want to make a comment in the middle of a line, not at the
>> end, but whenever I hit M-;, prefix or not, comment-dwim insists on
>> putting it at the end of line, at least in html-helper mode.
>> emacs-version "24.0.50.1".

SM> How would you tell Emacs that your intention is to make it in
SM> the middle?

Excellent question. One would think adding a prefix argument to M-;
would be good... but that probably already is taken... and wait, M-; is
bound to different commands in different modes... Yuck. E.g., as I write
this it is bound to comment-region.

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