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id="plugin-code-comment">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-additional-plugins"/>
<revision version="3.4" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<desc>Comment-out or uncomment a block of code.</desc>
</info>
<title>Code comment</title>
<p>Code comments are portions of text that make it easier for people to
understand a program's code, but they don't affect how a program works.
Comments are separated from other parts of a program by special
characters.</p>
<p>The <app>code comment</app> plugin makes it easier to quickly create or
remove code comments. To enable the code comment plugin, select
<guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
<gui>Plugins</gui><gui>Code comment</gui></guiseq>.</p>
<steps>
<title>To create or remove a comment:</title>
<item>
<p>Highlight the portion of text where you want to add or remove a
comment.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>To add a comment, click <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui>
<gui>Comment Code</gui></guiseq>, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key>
<key>M</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>To remove a comment, click <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui>
<gui>Uncomment Code</gui></guiseq>, or press <keyseq><key>Shift</key>
<key>Ctrl</key><key>M</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<p><app>gedit</app> will automatically use the correct style of comment
based on the language or syntax of the file. If <app>gedit</app> doesn't
identify your language or syntax, you can select it from the language list
in the bottom <gui>Status bar</gui>.</p>
</note>
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