parsing comments in scripts

[Ken Ray]

On 12/13/04 10:15 AM, "Dar Scott" <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:

> 
> On Dec 13, 2004, at 7:12 AM, Ken Ray wrote:
> 
>> perhaps commenting out the first line automatically
>> comments out the whole handler? That is, when you close and reopen the
>> script the handler is fully commented?
> 
> Like this?
> 
> --  I wrote this
> --  on Christmas day
> --  when others were at play.
> local a
> on work
>     local moss
>     put a
> end work
> local b
> 
> ==>
> 
> --  I wrote this
> -- --  on Christmas day
> -- --  when others were at play.
> -- local a
> -- on work
> --    local moss
> --    put a
> -- end work
> local b

No, like this:

-- on work
  local moss
  put a
end work

==>

-- on work
--  local moss
--  put a
-- end work
 
> The technique of commenting out the first line to disable the handler
> does not work in Transcript.

You've said this a couple of times, but I have handlers where the first line
is commented and the handler *is* disabled. Can you give an example of where
this is not true?

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com