# followed by space is a comment.

So below would be a comment too.
# #+STARTUP

On Monday, January 18, 2016, Eric Brown <brown@fastmail.com> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> I would like to comment out directives like:
>
> #+STARTUP
>
> but I would like to keep them around for future use, e.g.
>
> ##+STARTUP
>
> Is this sort of thing possible with org 8.3.3+ ?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>
>

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