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From: kaja@daimi.aau.dk (Kaja P. Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: How do I comment-out a block of TeX
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.142852.706@daimi.aau.dk>
Date: 24 Jan 91 14:28:52 GMT
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siemsen@sol.usc.edu (Pete Siemsen) writes:

>Is there some way to comment out a block of TeX code?

We have an option style called "comment". It's not very
sophisticated (works on a paragraph, but not in the middle
of it), but you may find it usefull. Entering "yes" after
prompt will comment-out; entering anything else will not.

% Document style option "comment"
%	usage:	\documentstyle[...,comment,...]{...}
%		\begin{document}
%		 ...
%		 \BeginComment
%		 text
%		 \EndComment
%		 ...
% Preserves or discards text between \BeginComment...\EndComment
% according to user's wishes.
%
% Kaja Christiansen / 23 Nov 1988

\typein[\comment]{Enter yes to comment out}
\def\@comment{yes}
\gdef\BeginComment#1\EndComment{\ifx\comment\@comment\else#1\fi}

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