Ctrl-c doesn't comment the line in OCaml, it uses (* ... *) style comments

[jumpnbrownweasel]

Summary

For ocaml in languages.toml we have:

comment-token = "(**)"

This puts (**) at the start of the line, which has no effect. The line(s) must be surrounded with (* and *) instead, which isn't currently possible with Ctrl-c.

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

1. Ctrl-c

I expected this to happen: Line is commented by surrounding with (* and *).

Instead, this happened:

Line is prefixed with (**) which has no effect.

Helix log

No response

Platform

Linux

Terminal Emulator

Gnome terminal

Helix Version

helix 23.05 (9ccca81)

[jumpnbrownweasel]

This may require a new feature, so perhaps this should be labeled differently.

One idea is to allow comment-token to be an array of two strings, in which case they are used to surround the line(s). That way an ocaml-specific fix is not needed. I would be willing to try implementing that, or whatever approach is the right way to do it.

[gabydd]

we don't currently support this kind of comments, I am working on it though

duplicate of #1505

[jumpnbrownweasel]

we don't currently support this kind of comments

Yes, I know.

, I am working on it though
duplicate of #1505

Oh, I saw that issue title but didn't realize it will address this. Thanks for working on it!