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/* ... */
is a long comment (it may extend over several lines).
// ...
is a short comment (terminated by the next newline).
@(...@)
is a meta-comment. Meta-comments are a localized form
of the N mode (see Languages). Tangled meta-comments are begun by
the contents of the style-file entry meta.top
and terminated by
meta.bottom
. Each line of the meta-comment is begun by
meta.prefix
. Woven meta-comments are begun by
meta_code.begin
and ended by meta_code.end
.
See Miscellaneous params.
@n @a program main /* Get input. */ call get_input // Read the parameter file. /* Process information. Comments like this can be split over several lines. */ @( Meta-comments provide a poor-person's alignment feature i --- counter x --- data value @) i = 1 x = 2.0 call exec(i,x) end
The use of meta-comments is not recommended; they are only
marginally supported. Use ordinary long comments
instead. Inside of them, use the various powerful features of TeX or
LaTeX (such as \halign
or
\begin{verbatim}
...
\end{verbatim}
) to format
your comment appropriately.