Geany text editor commenting

Question

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

Solution 1

Control-E to toggle commenting.

Solution 2

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)".

Solution 3

Control + E

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

Comments

[becko]

Why does geany use #~ for comments in bash instead of just #?

[pabouk - Ukraine stay strong]

@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.

[geira]

@becko: You can turn that off under "Comment toggle marker" in Preferences (I prefer setting it to a single space).

[Timo]

@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.

[Lonnie Best]

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 ~).