Probleme to comment a block of code

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Hi there! I have a problem on my Mac 2024 M3 Sonoma: when I want to comment a block of code with ##, impossible! So, has someone an idea to do this, comment and uncomment in Sonic Pi? :man_bald:
The only solution to comment line after line! :face_with_raised_eyebrow:
Thanks for attention and help!

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How are you trying to do it? What version of Sonic Pi are you using?
For me it works when I press Command + “/” on macOS Sonoma using the latest Sonic Pi v5.0.0-beta-1.

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Hello Emelyn, I am on the 4.5.1 version and Command + “/” doesn’t work in fact (on my PC yes it does but it’s a different keyboard)
I have to comment and uncomment line after line (with #) so it’s not very practical… :neutral_face:

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That’s strange, I just tried version 4.5.1 and that works for me too. Could it be that you have a keyboard shortcut configured (in System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts) that is interfering?

As a workaround (not ideal, but maybe better than manually (un)commenting each line individually), you can use:

comment do
  your_code_here
end

Then to uncomment it you can just change it to:

uncomment do
  your_code_here
end

an uncomment block runs the code normally, so you just need to add/remove two characters to (un)comment the block.

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Thanks for your help! I am going to look at my keyboard configuration and if not to use this interesting method in my code… :smile:

6

Hello, I have the same problem with my two versions (4.51 and 5 beta MacbookM1 silicon). On screen it’s ok. But it has no effect without completely interrupting the process. however, when I restart it, the commented block is mute. and it becomes active again when I uncomment it.

The "comment do …end » trick has exactly the same effect.

For me, the only thing that works is “stop” and “#stop” at the beginning of my Live_loop block…

Maybe a bug with Silicon Macs?

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Works for me on with MPB with M2 chip on Ventura and with M4 Mac mini on Sequoia

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Hi @Kleepo maybe a bug with Silicon Macs but for Robin @robin.newman it seems to work, so I don’t understand very well :upside_down_face: .Anyway, comment and uncomment are working well on My MBP M3 so it’s ok… :cowboy_hat_face:
Et bonjour Ă  Bordeaux de Strasbourg :raised_hand_with_fingers_splayed:!

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Thanks for your feedback, it was a guess, and obviously it’s not that. In practical terms, it’s not too annoying, “stop” and in the vast majority of cases very effective. Still, I hope this can be taken into account for the future. Version 5 and these new keyboard shortcuts have changed my life.

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