MonoDevelop 2.8 Code Templates not working with comments-only snippets

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1

Hello,

I just installed Unity 3.5, which comes with MonoDevelop 2.8.
I have many snippets/code-templates that contain comments only (which I use as dividers), like:

// REFERENCES ////////////////////////////

Problem is, they don’t work anymore, because MonoDevelop returns an error when you try to insert a code-template that contains only white-spaces or rows that start with “//”. I find this very bad and quite stupid for a coding application. Anyone found a solution for this?

Thanks,

Daniele

2

The best workaround I found is like this:

<$tag$>
/// 
///

Then start typing the comment and insert the template there:

// Start typing the line below and insert the template.
/// [Insert template here]
3

For now, the best solution I found was to ignore Unity’s MonoDevelop version, and install the latest official one (2.8.8.4), where this error is solved.

Though, on Windows, a new bug makes it quite messy to use it with Unity, since each time you open a file via explorer (or double-click a C# file in Unity), a new instance of MonoDevelop is opened, instead than opening the file in the already opened instance :confused: