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From: John Bokma <john@castleamber.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Writing a script to add comments to a python file
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:26:21 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d33wmr7m.fsf@castleamber.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: a420aa29-c5de-4197-b844-2578d146df5f@googlegroups.com

Joshua Moore <joshua.marshall.moore@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi gnu.emacs.help
>
> I've been using the basic features of emacs for a while now, and would
> like to add my own functions to it.
>
> What would be a good way to implement a command that adds a comment
> symbol (#) to a selected region in a python file?

It's already there. Maybe it's a better idea to find out what's all
available? A few times I wanted to add something to Emacs only to find
out (often via Google) it's already there.

Anyway:

M x comment-dwim

bound here (default) to:

M ;

> I can read and write a little bit of lisp-like languages, but I don't
> know how to access the region of selected text, edit the lines or
> where to save the script.
>
> Any help is appreciated.

Buy "An introduction into programming Lisp" or read it online:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/

-- 
John Bokma                                                               j3b

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-16  1:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-15 23:45 Writing a script to add comments to a python file Joshua Moore
2012-07-16  1:26 ` John Bokma [this message]
2012-07-16  3:35 ` Jambunathan K

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