<![CDATA[Changing comment character in assembly]]>I changed the comment line character for assembly in the langs.xml file from ; to // since the architecture I’m working with (ARMv8 with gcc compiler) uses // to denote comments. After changing this and restarting notepad++ it still detects ; for comment lines. What can I do to force notepad++ to detect // as the start of a comment line when working in assembly?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/14549/changing-comment-character-in-assemblyRSS for NodeSun, 12 Apr 2026 09:06:06 GMTFri, 29 Sep 2017 22:16:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Changing comment character in assembly on Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:34:35 GMT]]>6 months later, same problem still exists…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/30963https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/30963Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:34:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Changing comment character in assembly on Sun, 01 Oct 2017 02:31:14 GMT]]>More info:

using ctrl+k inserts // as expected it’s just the syntax highlighting that doesn’t work.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27067https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27067Sun, 01 Oct 2017 02:31:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Changing comment character in assembly on Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:31:56 GMT]]>More recent update:

I got the extension working, it was just also listed as an extension for R. comment line still not working.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27064https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27064Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:31:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Changing comment character in assembly on Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:10:42 GMT]]>Adding more details:

I made other changes at the same time such as adding to the list for register keywords and that was detected, however another change that I made was not detected (changing it to recognize the extension s. I made these changes on both my home computer and my laptop with the same result. I don’t use cloud at all either.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27063https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27063Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:10:42 GMT