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I am trying to use EnhancedCommentify plugin for vim and mostly using C. However I can't figure out the issue but when I comment/uncomment it uses (* ---- \*) instead of /* ----- \*/. I tried to change the plugin itself, it didn't change anything. I also verified wit :set filetype? that vim recognizes the C code, and it does. I even looked for the languages that use (* *) for comment and simply removed the lines from the plugin : issue is still there !

It works fine for fortran, python and .vimrc however...

I am kinda puzzled at this, anyone has any idea ?

Also, the plugin did output an error when first using it :

Erreur détectée en traitant /home/jacques/.vim/plugin/EnhancedCommentify-2.3/ftplugin/php_enhcomm.vim :
ligne    6 :
E117: Fonction inconnue : EnhCommentifyFallback4Embedded

I opened the file and commented the line as i seemed to me it's only relevant for php, but maybe I am wrong...

On another note, I am also trying to remap the smart comment but it seems that I fail, here is the vimrc for now

vmap <unique> <C-c> <Plug>VisualComment
nmap <unique> <C-c> <Plug>Comment
imap <unique> <C-c> <ESC><Plug>Comment
vmap <unique> <F3> <Plug>VisualDeComment
nmap <unique> <F3> <Plug>DeComment
imap <unique> <F3> <ESC><Plug>DeComment

and i tried with "Guess" instead of "Comment" but it didn't seem to work. I remember doing this a long time ago but can't find my .vimrc from back then...

vmap VisualComment nmap Comment imap Comment vmap VisualDeComment nmap DeComment imap DeComment

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  • Hi @Jacques did you try the answers? Did one solved your problem? If so maybe could you validate the corresponding solutio using the v button next to the voting buttons?
    – Vivian De Smedt
    Feb 18 at 12:37

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I cannot answer directly your answer, cannot add a comment, but I'll still answer.

It seems like EnhancedCommentify have not beed updated for 6 years now. I suggest you try another plugin. I personnally use NerdCommenter and love it. You can find other such plugins on Vim Awesome.

Edit

Actually NerdCommenter was my very first comment plugin but I rapidly switched to Commentary, the gc mappings sticks very fine in muscle memory. Can't tell why I messed-up.

@Jacques, Commentary has the :Commentary command, so for insert-mode mapping, use

inoremap <C-c> <C-o>:Commentary<cr>

Now, for "unsupported" file formats, from :h commentary we can tell that it

Relies on 'commentstring' to be correctly set, or uses b:commentary_format if it is set.

So you can set the commentstring option for any filetype and it will work. See :h 'commentstring'. For example to add for python :

autocmd! BufNewFile,BufRead *.py setlocal commentstring=#\ %s

Note

  1. The python 'commentstring' is already set in default ftplugin/python.vim. It is just an example.
  2. This "answer" is off-topic regarding your initial question.
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    tpope’s commentary is also good.
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Jul 8, 2019 at 20:36
  • ok i'll try those, thanks for your help !
    – jacques
    Jul 8, 2019 at 21:13
  • could you help me configure tpope's commentary ? I am kinda lost trying to fine tune it, to change the gc / gcc trigger to Ctrl-C and allow it to work on insert mode !
    – Jacques
    Jul 9, 2019 at 9:11
  • well I kinda prefered enhancedcommentify coimpared to those two. It allows for insert mode commentary too, and also supports many more files (which i couldn't find how to add for tpope). I guess i'll try and make it work again...
    – Jacques
    Jul 11, 2019 at 8:14
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    Commentary mappings are made in a vim way, which is usual with tpope's plugins. I understand you'd like to keep with your habits, but I think you should reconsider. gcap and gciB are so powerful (and only a few keystrokes). You'd do daB to delete a block, vip to select a paragraph: that's what these mappings are vim like. Besides, <c-o> opens any normal mapping to insert mode.
    – Biggybi
    May 4, 2020 at 23:17

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