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If I've written some code followed by a comment, like this:

x(*y*)

and I remove the comment by first removing the right delimiter and then the left, my undo history is cleared. Here are some conditions for this to occur:

  • It doesn't matter whether I remove the * or the parentheses, or both

  • Some code must precede the comment. Brackets, semicolons and commas don't seem to count.

  • The comment cannot be empty.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way to fix it?

I'm on 10.1, Student Edition.

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    – bbgodfrey
    May 23 '15 at 23:12
  • $\begingroup$ What, precisely, is the issue? $\endgroup$
    – bbgodfrey
    May 23 '15 at 23:16
  • $\begingroup$ It's right there in the title. $\endgroup$
    – Blrp
    May 23 '15 at 23:21
  • $\begingroup$ Can you post the output of $Version? $\endgroup$
    – Bichoy
    May 23 '15 at 23:54
  • $\begingroup$ "10.1.0 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (March 24, 2015)" $\endgroup$
    – Blrp
    May 23 '15 at 23:59
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In an attempt to reproduce this issue, I began with

$Version
(* "10.1.0  for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (March 24, 2015)" *)

I then typed

x(*y*)

and deleted by hand the left asterisk, right asterisk, left parenthesis, and right parenthesis in turn.

xy

Next I began Edit>Undo until I reached

x (y*)

At that point, Undo was not grayed out, so the queue presumably was not empty. Nonetheless, the final Undo was greeted by a beep, and the final asterisk was not restored. Moreover, Undo became grayed out. Selecting Help>Why the Beep? returned the message, Cannot undo the last operation. So, I did not reproduce the issue given in the question, but I certainly obtained unexpected results.

On the other hand, when I deleted first the parentheses and then the asterisks in turn, I was able to restore all four characters using Edit>Undo.

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  • $\begingroup$ By "second delimiter" I meant the right one. You have to remove either the right asterisk or parenthesis (or both), and then either the left asterisk or parenthesis (or both). I made some edits to OP to clarify. $\endgroup$
    – Blrp
    May 24 '15 at 11:30
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If I use menu Edit > Un/Comment Selection (Windows: Alt+/) the operation can be reversed with the Undo command. This is faster anyway and prevents broken syntax and syntax highlighting that occurs when you remove half a comment marker.

(I post this as an answer because I hope it is pragmatically just that.)

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