[TxMt] Help with macro for comments

[Guido Governatori]

Create a language  (Chapter 10 of the TextMate Book and Section 12 of  
the online help) with something like

{	scopeName = 'source.yourlanguage';
fileTypes = ( '.yourextension' );
patterns = (
{	name = 'comment.language.yourlanguage';
begin = '/\*';
end = '\*/';
},
);
}

Then create a comment snippet  (Chapter 6)

/*
------------------------------
| Constructor $0
------------------------------
*/

activated by Tab Trigeer comment ->

then create a second snnippet

"
|  $0
"
activated by the key equivalent "return"

It might be possible to use a different approach based on a sigle  
snippet and transformation, but it could be tricky to write the  
regular expressions your need.

Hope this helps

Guido

On 03/11/2007, at 9:32 AM, Steve Finkelstein wrote:

> Hmm, I'd be interested in further researching this. Is there a
> reference in the TextMate book or website that I can refer to for
> further details?  I bought the Pragmatic edition of the TextMate book.
>
> - sf
>
> On 11/2/07, Guido Governatori <guido at itee.uq.edu.au> wrote:
>> What about defining a language (scope) for your comments and then a
>> snippet triggered by return in the scope defined by the comment.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Guido
>> On 03/11/2007, at 8:13 AM, Steve Finkelstein wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm looking to add a macro that will let me do something like
>>>
>>> comment ->
>>>
>>> and create an inline comment structure like:
>>>
>>>       /*
>>>
>>> +------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>> --
>>> -----
>>>       |   Constructor
>>>
>>> +------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>> --
>>> -----
>>>       */
>>>
>>> The only trick is, is it possible to continue pre-pending  
>>> additional |
>>> everytime I hit a newline? so if my comment consists of more than  
>>> one
>>> line I can do
>>>
>>> comment ->
>>>
>>>       /*
>>>
>>> +------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>> --
>>> -----
>>>       |   Constructor
>>>         | <-- added by macro
>>>         | <-- also added... etc
>>>
>>> +------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>> --
>>> -----
>>>       */
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> - sf
>>>
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The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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