Comment and Uncommnent source rows

[eugeniodilo]

I recently installed VsCode with the Superbol extension.
So far, I've been using OpenCOBOLIDE.
I hope this is the right channel to ask for information.
If not, could you tell me which is the correct channel to use?
The VsCode and Superbol environment seems very powerful and interesting at first glance, but also a bit confusing for a beginner. I think a beginner's guide would be helpful.
For this reason, I'd also like to gather some basic information for those who are using Superbol for the first time in a document.

Question:
When I'm editing GnuCOBOL source code, I'd like to use a function that automatically inserts *> characters at the beginning of a line to make the entire line a comment.
The same goes for a block of lines.
And, of course, a function that removes the *> characters at the beginning of a line to uncomment a line or block of lines in the source code.

I tried the menu function
Edit --> Toggle Line comment
but it doesn't work (nothing happens).

[GitMensch]

That is indeed the right place.
If the toggle did not work and the language identifier is cobol (ensure that no other COBOL extensions are loaded), then that would be a bug.

It should insert *> in free format and otherwise * in col7.

[eugeniodilo]

That is indeed the right place. If the toggle did not work and the language identifier is cobol (ensure that no other COBOL extensions are loaded), then that would be a bug.

It should insert *> in free format and otherwise * in col7.

Just installed Superbol ...but i have also Gcov extension ... see attached image.

[nberth]

Just installed Superbol ...but i have also Gcov extension ... see attached image.

Hi! Yes the Gcov extension is a dependency of SuperBOL Studio, that uses it to render coverage information. The Gcov extension is relatively light, so that shouldn't be an issue, should it?

On the matter about the issue, we indeed need to fix that issue.

[eugeniodilo]

Just installed Superbol ...but i have also Gcov extension ... see attached image.

Hi! Yes the Gcov extension is a dependency of SuperBOL Studio, that uses it to render coverage information. The Gcov extension is relatively light, so that shouldn't be an issue, should it?

On the matter about the issue, we indeed need to fix that issue.

I confirm that's not a problem.
However, it doesn't seem to be stated anywhere in the documentation that installing the SuperBOL extension also installs the GCOV extension.
It would be better to explicitly state this somewhere.

Regarding the "Comment" and "Uncomment" features, I find it strange that no one has noticed them yet.
In my opinion, it's a rather convenient and widely used feature during development.
Should I classify this ISSUE with a "bug" label ?
Do you have any predictions or indications on resolution times ?

[GitMensch]

I see, so this does not handle fixed-form * - which it would add/remove a *> to/from, right?

That's likely enough for @eugeniodilo who is fond of free-from reference-format (which is fine) but won't help for example with "adjusting" NIST85 sources.

I therefore think this issue should be reopened.

[nberth]

Yes indeed (I did not expect the preliminary fix would close that issue).

[eugeniodilo]

This is interesting but now... what do I need to do to update my SuperBOL Studio installation to a new version that will allow me to have the bug fixed and use the comment / uncomment feature ?