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Editor keyboard enhancements

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it would seem that the Jade editor is missing the following features that are common in other environments:
1. An easy way to comment out a line or block of code. (I'm used to selecting a block of lines and pressing ctrl-k,c in other environments)
2. An easy way of duplicating a block of lines (without having to copy and paste). (I'm using to ctrl-d, or ctrl-shift-down-arrow in other environments).

Possibly there are others, but these two would be extremely useful.

It would seem that these are common things to want to do in a code editor, and so should be implemented in Jade.
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James Burnby 17/01/2018 2:29:59 PM
Sorry, I didn't realise JEDI would strip out my white space. Commenting out a block can be achieved by copying the selection to the clipboard, deleting the selection, inserting text '/*', pasting back in and then inserting text '*/'.

Software Medical Infomatics Limited 17/01/2018 9:40:44 AM
Agreed the copying can be accomplished with a macro. Not sure about commenting a block of code though.

James Burnby 17/01/2018 8:59:09 AM
Currently I have macros set up in Jade to duplicate this behaviour and a shortcut key to play saved macros. However as there is a limit on how many macros I can have on a quick key, I definitely prefer your idea.

bBlockCode example:
CopyToClipBuffer 1
Delete
"/*"
PasteFromClipBuffer 1
"*/"
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  • Sam Stokell commented
    May 27, 2022 04:43

    We are training up a couple of web developers in Jade and they were also asking about a keypad shortcut to comment out a selected block of code. This is the comment from the dev

    "in VS Code, we can select code snippets and comment them with ctrl + /"

    I am trying to explain to them how great Jade is but what seems like such a simple thing for the editor to have which is common for other environments not being there is making this message hard to get across.

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  • Dennis Christian commented
    February 10, 2020 23:49

    Another suggestion is to have an option with the <right-click>->Refactor command and being able to comment out any selected lines or adding an inline comment within the line

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