From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: comment character Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 08:15:52 +1000 Message-ID: <87oeb8i3jb.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116455120 20524 80.91.229.2 (18 May 2005 22:25:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 22:25:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 19 00:25:19 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DYWwa-0000h7-Mf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 May 2005 00:23:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DYWz6-0007bp-Ms for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 May 2005 18:25:48 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:htUhhzStY/zGu7jeFSvmxYeqQic= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp21-36.lns2.syd3.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1116454553 59.167.21.36 (19 May 2005 07:45:53 +0950) Original-Lines: 17 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!nntp.waia.asn.au!202.72.130.18.MISMATCH!quokka.wn.com.au!figjam.pipenetworks.com!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:131358 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:26814 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:26814 "Rancier, Jeff" writes: > Where is the comment character defined for each programming mode? C-u C-h a > didn't show me a variable name either. > Jeff > > Have a look at syntax tables in the emacs lisp reference to see what characters in a mode are treated as a comment character. Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!