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How can I check if the cursor is inside a comment section like this in C:
/*
* Comment section
*/
Or in python:
"""
Doc string
"""
# Comment line
My idea for C is, that I just look, what the first characters are but I have no clue how to check, if the cursor is inside a doc string. Do you have any ideas?
Sure. Use the generic “get syntax” trick (provided by many plugins, including one of mine, and easy to write yourself):
echo synID(line('.'), col('.'), 0)->synIDattr('name') =~# 'Comment' ? 'In comment' : 'Not in comment'
E15: Invalid expression: >synIDattr('name') =~# 'Comment' ? 'In comment' : 'Not in comment' Do you know how I can fix this?
– TornaxO7
Jan 23 at 13:46
echo synIDattr(synID(line('.'), col('.'), 0), 'name') but this gives me nothing, if I'm inside of a doc string in python. If I'm in a commentary string than it returns pythonComment which is fine.
– TornaxO7
Jan 23 at 13:49
