crocker@motcid.UUCP (Ronald T. Crocker) (12/10/90)
What I would like is for some kind soul in netland to send me some functions for emacs that will tab over to some pre-specified (tab-column) column, enter the string "/* " into the buffer, and await input for inline comments. When the edge of the screen is reached, this function would wrap the words to the next line, of course tabbed over to tab-column, with the string " * " entered into the buffer prior to the continued comment. When enter is hit, this function would put a " */" at the end of the comment. It is fair if cursor movements turn of this "comment enter" sub-mode. I'd also be quite pleased if this function were mapped to ESC-/, but I can probably handle that. For example, if tab-column is set at 41, the following would be input with the keys: TAB i f SPC ( i < 0 ) SPC { ESC / i SPC n e g a t i v e NL if (i<0) { /* i negative */ If something already exists in c-mode and I'm missing it, or if there is a better thing to use for C code than c-mode, please inform me and I'll be glad to try it. I'm not totally enthralled by c-mode, but it's better than text-mode for writing C code. Thanks Ron Crocker Motorola Radio-Telephone Systems Group, Cellular Infrastructure Group (708) 632-4752 [FAX: (708) 632-4430] ...!uunet!motcid!crocker