From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: one key-press to comment out lines of code? Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:10:43 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87y4ymiqfg.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> References: <87fvku94ms.fsf@skimble.plus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1398885365 11806 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2014 19:16:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:16:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 30 21:16:00 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WfZz5-0007em-IR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:15:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58711 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WfZz5-0002M6-4f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:15:59 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: VVbyYd/iFZoeWNmD9i++cQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:NjI4kpW+Au28iLV03j7jdjpaSbg= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:205229 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97496 Archived-At: Dale Snell writes: > Set point and mark to define the region. Then do > > C-x r t RET ; SPC RET I'm I missing something crucial here? I think it is much better to use C-SPC, then move point, and then M-;. Meta is very close to the spacebar, where your left thumb is, and ; is right below your right little finger. Move the cursor with the super-ingrained C-e, C-n, etc., which are also short and close. And it is always the same, not just for Lisp. -- underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573