I use the highlight and / to comment out things all the time and sometimes even for a single line. This problem has been around a while, but I just today figured out to make it happen consistently. If you add a comment at the end of a line and then highlight it and comment out the line with a slash, then the line is replaced with the slash. Pressing ctrl-z and / again does what you hoped for in the first place.
VA_X.dll file version 10.4.1632.0 built 2008.04.03 Licensed to: VA X: [email protected] (1-user license) Support ends 2008.09.11 DevEnv.exe version 8.0.50727.762 msenv.dll version 8.0.50727.762 Font: Verdana 16(Pixels) Comctl32.dll version 6.0.2900.2982 Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 2 processors
Platform: Win32 Stable Includes: C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\include; C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\atlmfc\\include; C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\PlatformSDK\\include; C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\SDK\\v2.0\\include;
Other Includes:
Stable Source Directories: C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\mfc; C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\mfcm; C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\atl; C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\crt\\src;
Can you be a little more detailed in your description? So far I cannot reproduce this problem. Working in C++ I started with this code:
static void testGeneralCode()
{
int nFoo;
}
Then I added a comment after the variable, giving me:
static void testGeneralCode()
{
int nFoo; // comment here
}
then using the keyboard I selected the entire line (I tried both Shift + Up arrow and Shift + Down arrow) and then pressed / to comment out the line. The line is always commented out correctly for me.
Well, today and in the file in which I am currently working it work as expected. I was highlighting with the mouse, but that works too. I will let you know if it happens again. Sorry about the false alarm. Ken
commenting out with /
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 12:11:20 PM
