How can I make matlab editor wrap long comments?

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In Preferences > Editor/Debugger > Display > Right-hand text limit , the placement setting is set to 75 columns. When I type long comments, the comments do not wrap. Please indicate possible methods to achieve comment wrapping in Matlab.

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per isakson
per isakson on 5 Jun 2017
Edited: per isakson on 6 Jun 2017
It works for me on R2016a. The wrapping of comment lines are controlled by
Preferences > Editor/Debugger > Language > Comment formatting > Maximum column width
and
Preferences > Editor/Debugger > Language > Wrap comments automatically while typing.
That is the Language submenu not the Display submenu!
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The Editor does not wrap comments with:
* Code section titles (comments that begin with %%)
* Long contiguous text, such as URLs
* Bulleted list items (text that begins with * or #) onto the preceding line.
In the following cases comments are not wrapped (undocumented?)
  • Comment at the end of a line of code
  • Comment after an ellipsis (...)
  • When typing text "inside" of a comment. (Wrapping works only when typing at the very end of the line.)
  • When pasting text to a comment
In these cases I use Cntrl+J (Wrap comments).

Guillaume
Guillaume on 5 Jun 2017
Below the setting you mention, there's a setting Wrap comments automatically while typing. Have you checked that box?

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