<p>The <code>comment_single</code>, <code>comment_open</code> and <code>comment_close</code> settings only control the <code>menu->edit->format->comment ...</code> commands.  They do not affect the syntax lexing, its coded in the properties lexer in C++ to use <code>#</code>, <code>;</code>, <code>!</code>.  The syntax lexing is part of the <a href="www.scintilla.org">Scintilla project</a> which we simply use.</p>

<p>You could ask on Scintilla that it be made a property of the properties lexer as well as being coded.</p>

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