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@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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