From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: andrea <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: no syntax defined for comments
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:36:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4825B466-0075-4F79-BB1D-67114D862AD5@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1d41fxq9j.fsf@gmail.com>
On Jan 12, 2010, at 5:05 PM, andrea wrote:
>
> I sometimes want to write comments in my org-mode files, but the handy
> function *comment-region* doesn't work, "no syntax defined for.."
> Then I can choose '#' but it doesn't put it in the beginning of the
> line.
>
> I normally end in selecting the rectangle and run *string-rectangle*
> with '#', but that's a bit annoying.
>
> Why we can't just set '#' as the comment character so that normal
> functions work fine?
For some reason, setting the comment character causes problems with
autofilling, inserting that character in places where it does not
belong - his has come up several times here -we even have a FAQ about
it.
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#auto-fill-and-unwanted-comments
I'd love to see a solution for this problem, but I do not have one.
- Carsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-12 19:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-12 16:05 no syntax defined for comments andrea
2010-01-12 19:36 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2010-01-12 20:17 ` Samuel Wales
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