# \[MX\] actionscript editing

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-actionscript-editing/22294>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 2, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-actionscript-editing/22294 "2003-06-02T09:54:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![meisje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@meisje](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/meisje)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-actionscript-editing/22294/1 "2003-06-02T09:54:06Z")

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hello,

does anyone know for MX:

a) a shortcut to comment out code, meaning a way to put // in front of every line of selected code and of course the reverse, uncommenting code

b) find and replace in multiple scripts

tia :toad: meisje (i love that hat)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-actionscript-editing/22294/2 "2003-06-02T10:04:09Z")

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a) [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/comment.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/comment.asp)  
b) you’d need an AS editor for that. Scite for instance.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-actionscript-editing/22294/3 "2003-06-02T10:23:19Z")

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a) thanks… but i guess no shortcut then like in my HTML editor i can select and hit a shortcut? i vaguely remember there were a lot of shortcuts for AS, a series of sticky combo strokes beginning with ESC… but i can’t find an overview anywhere

B) i found the downloadsite for scite:  
[http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html](http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html)  
but i am one of those suckers who bought a macintosh, any other recommendable apps?

thanks ilyaslamasse, meisje

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-actionscript-editing/22294/4 "2003-06-02T14:09:08Z")

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[BBEdit](http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml) is the Mac coders app of choice

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-actionscript-editing/22294/5 "2003-06-02T14:35:40Z")

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a! happy to hear bbedit is the answer… but i don’t see how to work this… i don’t see a preference in flash to point to an external editor and from bbedit… drop the .fla on bb and edit from there???

tia :toad: meisje