In other words, ("[" is select start, "]" is select end)1 one two 2 one two[ <- end-of-line start is a problem 3 one two] 4 one two 1 one two 2 one two[NB. <- now, incorrect NB. 3 one two] 4 one two 1 one two [NB. 2 one two <- should be so NB. 3 one two] 4 one two --- Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's say I have a J function that's several lines long. I want to comment > out a couple lines, or remove the comments. > > One approach: click on the first line: > > home N B . down home N B . > or > home del del del down home del del del > > Alternatively, the J session manager has a shortcut for this -- select > the lines and use ctrl-shft-n or ctrl-shft-b > > The problem is that these were not designed to be easy to use. > You are expected to select the lines down to the nearest character. > If you select partial lines, strange things start happening. > > For example, it almost makes sense if you select starting from > the end of one line down through all of the subsequent line, then > part of the line after that (let's say that last line is a long one). > > Almost... but not quite. > > ctrl-shft-n sticks an extra NB. at the end of the partial line > > highlight is then adjusted to include all of the long line at > the bottom. > > ctrl-shft-b then removes the NB. at the begining of the lines where > it was at the begining, but it leaves the NB. that was at > the end of the partial line. And, the highlight is now adjusted > to include all three lines. > > A subsequent ctrl-shft-n then comments out all three lines. > > This is "almost convenient". > > But it seems to me that this could be made more convenient > if these features were designed to work consistently with lines. > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ____________________________________________________________________________________Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
