Questions tagged [comments]
A user or third-party provided message, generally short, often for the purpose of documenting software or expressing opinions
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What should go in an ssh key comment?
I noticed when I list my identities with ssh-id -l that I can't differentiate them because they were all created by me on this PC, so the comments take the form of user@mypc which is not particularly ...
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Vim match containedin not working as expected
I have tried to extend the C syntax in Vim with the example in the manual.
First I launch vim without any config:
vim -u NONE test.c
Then I load the c-syntax and create my extension
syntax on
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to edit comment attribute in windows 10?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to edit comment or any property of a file in windows 10. For example :- We have "F2" key for rename.
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Exporting Comments from Microsoft Word with brief context details
I want to export Comments from a Microsoft Word file with some context provided of what is being commented on. This guide shows me how to export Comments but they are meaningless without having ...
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How to use poppler utils to extract annotations from PDF files?
I would like to use the command line tools from poppler-utils to extract annotations from pdf files.
I have found some information under a similar question how to export comments from a pdf file and ...
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Is there any way to make Adobe Reader comments more compact?
Currently, my comments are like:
Is there any way to make them more compact, much like Word's comment function?
Edit: is there any other app more suited to annotations? My two requirements are a) ...
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Is there an alternate way to add COMMENTS to a FILE if it's not available through PROPERTIES?
Moved here from Stack Overflow. I'm hardly a power user myself, though!
I download a lot of ebooks, mostly .mobi or .pdf format, and I want to keep them straight without having to open the files. On ...
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Live template for doc style comments in PhpStorm
How to set a live template in PhpStorm so that when I hit enter for a new line, it automatically adds an asterisk? Or maybe there is another way to do it, e.g. wrap with comments action?
/**
* More ...
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How to accept a deletion but keep the comment on it in Microsoft Word
If I have a tracked deletion and there is a comment on it, accepting the deletion will remove the comment as well.
The above action results in:
Is there any way to accept the deletion while keeping ...
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How can I turn off the timestamp in a Word document comment?
In Word 2013, why do I get a phrase with advancing time after my initials when I insert a comment? How do I turn it off?
My initials on the comment are correct. But, there seems to be an internal ...
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Youtube Comments on Firefox with Noscript and ABP
All videos display a "Comments currently unavailable" message with the comments frame collapsed. Temporarily allowing Noscript on the entire page doesn't fix it. Disabling ABP on the entire page ...
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Unlock all handwritten notes in a pdf document
I wrote a word document and got it back from a reviewer as an annotated pdf file with handwritten notes (I guess they were made on a tablet or sth.) To finalize my document, I would like to include ...
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How does one get a list of pending Comments that are addressed to you in an Excel Spreadsheet?
I use Microsoft Office 365 / Microsoft Excel at work and to communicate the other team members and myself often make use of the comments feature.
But the comments feature is a little bit crap, in that ...
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VS Code Jupyter Ctrl + / does not comment out the selected code block
In Jupyter Notebook of Visual Studio Code for Windows,
Ctrl + / with the code selected used to comment out the selected code.
But it does not work suddenly and shows a dropdown menu such as '/BOOTNXT' ...
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Excel - list comments then hyperlink to original comments
I used the code listed in this post below including one extra line in comment within the same post to add the hyperlink. However, the hyperlink only works when the tab name has no space in it (i.e., ...
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Some Microsoft Word review comments are displayed in a popup instead of in the Markup Area when viewing "Simple Markup"
I am running Microsoft Word 2013. I received a Word document (docx format) that has a lot of review comments in it.
I am using the "Previous" and "Next" buttons on the Review tab ...
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How to navigate to certain page from reviewing pane?
A few weeks ago, I could navigate to certain page contain the comment using reviewing pane by clicking on the comment on reviewing pane. Suddenly I can't do it again now. When I click the comment on ...
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Adding Emacs-style trailing line comment in Visual Studio Code
I am trying to replicate a standard comment shortcut from Emacs in Visual Studio Code (MacOS).
In Emacs, the shortcut M-; adds a trailing line comment to the current line. I use this shortcut quite a ...
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How do I sort folders by comment in Mac using AppleScripts?
I have folders in this order:
content
forms
gallery
header
misc
navigation
slider
title
I want to sort them this way:
navigation
header
content
title
gallery
slider
forms
misc
I have seen ...
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Comments/Review pane alternates between expanded and collapsed view (picture)
Within the same Word file, the comments/review pane is displaying in one of two ways: either collapsed or expanded.
Within a page, the display is the same, but across pages, the displays are ...
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ms-word 2002/2003, how to shrink the size of comment balloons
I often have a lot of comments in some of my ms-Word 2002/2003 files and I would like to be able to see all the comments of a given page visible all at once. But when the number of comments goes ...
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Automatic asterisks for comments in Visual Studio 2019
I am trying to make the switch from Eclipse CDT to Visual Studio 2019 for C++ development.
In Eclipse, typing /* followed by enter create block comments with a space followed by an asterisk on the ...
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A good solution for commenting on PDFs or ODTs
I am currently writing a paper in LibreOffice which needs to be reviewed and commented on by multiple people. I wanted a way that everybody could simultaneously view and comment on the document. I ...
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Add dynamic comments to Excel cells via VBA
I am trying to use comments to show the current due date of a Task via a VBA Macro. My current solution looks like so:
Sub AddDueDates()
Dim strPrefix As String
strPrefix = ""
With Range("Target")...
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MS Excel: How to open the comment list sub-window with visibility toggle checkboxes (show or hide)
I had open a spreadsheet with many comments in it, and somehow I conjured up a
narrow window docked on the right edge of the spreadsheet
containing a stack of checkboxes alongside a list of all the ...
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Solved - Backspace misbehaving in Excel 2010 Comment Box
UPDATE Feb 5th 2022. Eventually found that the problem of the cursor in a Comment box remaining in place after a Backspace (so the character that was originally to its right was now to the left of the ...
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How to add a comment in a SVG file using Inkscape?
I am using Inkscape to create SVG files.
Is it possible to put a comment in a SVG file? For example I want to leave a comment to mention the licence of the file (which is Creative Commons). And then, ...
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LibreOffice (Calc) | Search & Replace | unable to look for 'comments'
CTRL+F enables the SearchBar (quick search)
CTRL+H brings up Find & Replace dialog (more options)
I'm unable to find a way to look for comments that are within with a cell (with ability to search ...
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Notepad++: Automatic "comment line (*)" on newline
is there a way to make notepad++ behave like eclipse with multi-line comments?
It would be great if notepad automatically inserts " * " every time I make a new line in a /* */ comment-section.
To be ...
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How can I leave sticky-notes on a PDF form?
I'm filling out a PDF form, which is handier than paper mostly, but when I want to leave a note for myself or my wife to revisit a field or check something, I find that all commenting tools are ...
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Can I adding files and import comment to archive by a command line
I use below commend to add the file to the archiver and add data recovery recorder on linux os
rar a -m0 -hp"$password" -v1073741824b -rr3 -ep1 test1.rar test
If I want to add the comment from the ...
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Notepad++: Insert comment-sections of same length via Macro/Shortcut?
I'm often using comments (using =====) to divide sections within my files in the same way which look always the same, e.g.:
#===========================================#
#============== IMPORT STUFF =...
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Shortcut comment next to tags in BBedit
In Sublime Text 2 I can create a comment next to a tag by using shortcut alt+cmd+/ which results in something like this:
<a href=""></a><!-- -->
How can I shortcut comments next ...
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Cannot make YouTube comments in Firefox
So, whenever I click on a button on YouTube to reply to a comment, this happens:
I used to be able to click the Reply button a second time and it would open for me (still didn't look right), but ...
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Can HTML/PHP/Javascript code be commented in a single click/keycombination?
The question it's clear enough. I want to be able to select certain code and with a key combination or menu element be able to comment it in Aptana Studio 3. Yes, I can add the tags myself but I'd ...
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How to beautify comments in Notepad++?
I'm looking for a way (a plugin, or a macro) to style my comments for readability.
For example, I want function names at the closing parantheses like :
function f()
{
bla=bla;
longcode=longcode;
}/...
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