How do you remove comments from a text file?

Two forward slashes and a space. These may either take up the whole line or just the last part of a line. Each comment does not extend beyond the line that it’s on. So no /* */ type comments crossing multiple lines.

How do I hide comments in LaTeX?

Hide all comments (those without \% ).

1. Define in the preamble a new command (wasting imagination I thought in \comment ) that simply do nothing (see the MWE).
2. Use the todonotes package with the option disable .

How do you uncomment in LaTeX?

For Mac users, the below commands will use the cmd key instead of Ctrl ….Hotkeys.

Command	Operation
Ctrl + /	Toggle commenting for selected lines. (Comment/uncomment selected text.)
Ctrl + d	Delete current line.
Ctrl + a	Select all.
Tab	Indent section.

How do I edit a TeX file?

What’s the best way to edit LaTeX files?

1. Save the LaTeX file as plain text and edit it in a word processor. Send your editor the LaTeX manuscript as a plain text file.
2. Use a document processor that works with LaTeX files.
3. Use an online collaborative tool that lets you edit LaTeX files.

How do you remove multiple lines in a comment?

+)/\1\n\2/g will split lines at the beginning and end of multi-line comments. /\/\*/,/\*\// s/. *// will run the command s/. *// effectively deleting all the lines between the patterns \/\* and \*\/ – which is /* and */ escaped.

How can I delete grep comments?

Following grep command assumes that each comment starts with single # character at the beginning of the line. To remove or ignore all comments from a file a following grep command can be used: $ grep -v ^\# config.

How do I comment out a line in LaTeX?

It is often necessary to comment out temporarily a region of TeX or LaTeX code. This can be done with the commands C-c ; and C-c \% . C-c ; will comment out all lines in the current region, while C-c \% will comment out the current paragraph.

How do I leave comments in overleaf?

1. Adding comments is easy – simply click the “Add comment” button on the editor toolbar as shown above.
2. You can reply to comments left by your collaborators by clicking on the “reply” option at the foot of their comment:
3. It appears as a nested comment, and you can close the comments when you’re done.

How do you comment out a block of text in LaTeX?

in TeXnicCenter you can select a block of text and then use Ctrl+Q to comment it out. The inverse operation is done with Ctrl+W.