Block commenting in Ruby
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Does Ruby have block comments?
If not, is there an efficient way of inserting # in front of a block of highlighted code in TextMate?
Ruby Solutions
Solution 1 - Ruby
You can do
=begin
[Multi line comment]
=end
=begin and =end must be at the beginning of the line (not indented at all).
Also, in TextMate you can press Command + / to toggle regular comments on a highlighted block of code.
Solution 2 - Ruby
Ruby has documentation comments - they look like this:
=begin
...
=end
Not perfect but they get the job done in a pinch.
[Edit] It is important to note that =begin and =end must be at the beginning of their respective lines.
Solution 3 - Ruby
In TextMate, you can alt-drag vertically to select a column of text. This will duplicate the insertion point across all the lines you select, so you can insert or delete multiple #s at once.
UPDATE: Also in TextMate, assuming you have the right language selected, Cmd + / will toggle commenting every line in a selection regardless of language.
Solution 4 - Ruby
In TextMate 2 you can ⌘/ to comment out the current line or selected lines.