G7 Commands: Symbols

:

A ‘:’ at the beginning of a line begins a comment that extends through the next line beginning with a ‘:’. Text in comments does not cause any action by G7, except that the comments are printed to the screen when an add file runs if addprint is on.

Related Topics: Command Files, add

#

Any text on a line that follows a hash sign (‘#’) will be treated as a comment. In addition to providing descriptive text for an add file, the # can be a method of temporarily removing lines from an add file that you may want to try again later.

Related Topics: Command Files, add, “, :

"

This also is a comment character, if used as the first character of a line. Its use is deprecated, as the ‘#’ and ‘:’ comments are preferred.