Edit x+^+//+ I keep Edit in the tag of most of my windows (I added in the acme & edwood sources right after Look); then I can select in the code window, select the line out of my guide file that contains all of these, and chord 2-1 on Edit in my code window to apply the Edit command to the code.
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