Re: bug in comment-region

[Karl Chen <quarl@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>]

I use C-u comment-region / comment-dwim all the time.  Perhaps
that functionality could be moved to M-- (negative-argument)
instead of C-u though.

(BTW: I actually use my own function `comment-line-or-region'
which is much more useful when transient-mark-mode is on)

>>> "Werner" == Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> writes:
    Werner> 
    >> Thanks.  Anyway, my suggestion w.r.t. C-u still holds --
    >> IMHO it is quite inconvenient to control the behaviour of
    >> such a versatile function with a global variable.
    >> 
    >> `comment-region' and `comment-dwim' already have a (much
    >> more useful) meaning for C-u (in fact, comment-region has
    >> several).
    Werner> 
    Werner> I haven't yet used comment-dwim, so I won't say
    Werner> something about this function.  But IMHO it is a
    Werner> strange idea to have `C-u something' do exactly the
    Werner> opposite of `something'.  Until now I've considered
    Werner> the C-u prefix as a means to get an extended or
    Werner> slightly modified functionality of a function.
    Werner> 
    Werner> Are there other commands which do the opposite if
    Werner> prefixed with C-u?
    Werner> 
    Werner> And I don't agree with your conclusion that the
    Werner> several meanings of C-u for `comment-region' are `much
    Werner> more useful'.  For me, they are useful for
    Werner> `uncomment-region' only.
    Werner> 
    Werner> 
    Werner>     Werner
    Werner> 
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Karl 2004-06-10 02:07