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RadlyEel
RadlyEel

Reputation: 389

Can I skip the auto-commenting after the last line?

I use // to mark comments in C files, and when I reach the end of a line and press Enter, Vim helpfully inserts the // at the beginning of the next line.

Usually that's what I want, but when I have finished inserting comments I have to delete that // to resume typing real code. It occurs to me that there MIGHT be a way to terminate the last comment line without getting the comment continuation. Ctl-Enter, Shift-Enter, Fn-Enter don't work, and Alt-Enter takes me out of Insert mode.

Is there a way to a) remain in Insert mode, b) open a blank line below, AND c) not add the //?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 69

Answers (1)

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172570

There's no built-in way, but you can surely define a custom mapping that provides this, either by using workaround command sequences (<CR><Esc>cc, or <Esc>o), or by temporarily changing the 'formatoptions' option that controls this.

In terms of editing efficiency, there's not much to gain over the alternatives (I usually just press <C-u> to clear the inserted comment prefix), so I'm not sure it's worth it.

Upvotes: 1

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