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Align C++ comment

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This macro aligns a // comment with the one on the previous line.

process_up()
beginning_of_line()
beginLine = $cursor
find("//", "forward", "literal")
refPos = $cursor - beginLine - 2


find("//", "forward", "literal")
backward_character()
backward_character()
commPos = $cursor
beginning_of_line()
beginPos = $cursor

if( ( commPos - beginPos ) >= 20 )
{
  if( ( commPos - beginPos ) < refPos )
  {
    find("//", "forward", "literal")
    backward_character()
    backward_character()
    while( ( $cursor - beginPos ) != refPos )
      insert_string(" ")
  }
  if( ( commPos - beginPos ) > refPos )
  {
    find("//", "forward", "literal")
    backward_character()
    backward_character()
    flag = 0
    while( ( ( $cursor - beginPos ) != refPos ) && ( flag == 0 ) )
    {
      previousChar = get_character( $cursor - 1 )
      if ( previousChar == " " )
      {
        delete_previous_character()
        previousChar = get_character( $cursor - 1 )
        if( previousChar != " " )
        {
          insert_string(" ")
          flag = 1
        }
      }
      else
        flag = 1
    }
  }
}

process_down()
beginning_of_line()

While this macro moves the // to column 40, obviously you can change this to fit your coding style:

find("//", "forward", "literal")
backward_character()
backward_character()
commPos = $cursor
beginning_of_line()
beginPos = $cursor

if( ( commPos - beginPos ) >= 20 )
{
  if( ( commPos - beginPos ) < 40 )
  {
    find("//", "forward", "literal")
    backward_character()
    backward_character()
    while( ( $cursor - beginPos ) != 40 )
      insert_string(" ")
  }
  if( ( commPos - beginPos ) > 40 )
  {
    find("//", "forward", "literal")
    backward_character()
    backward_character()
    flag = 0
    while( ( ( $cursor - beginPos ) != 40 ) && ( flag == 0 ) )
    {
      previousChar = get_character( $cursor - 1 )
      if ( previousChar == " " )
      {
        delete_previous_character()
        previousChar = get_character( $cursor - 1 )
        if( previousChar != " " )
        {
          insert_string(" ")
          flag = 1
        }
      }
      else
        flag = 1
    }
  }
}

process_down()
beginning_of_line()

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Released on Wed, 21 Nov 2001 by C. Denat

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