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Asked: 2026-05-30T02:07:22+00:00

In Org-mode there are several ways to make comments . But I do not

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In Org-mode there are several ways to make comments. But I do not know of any way to make inline comments. According to the manual

regions surrounded by ‘#+BEGIN_COMMENT’ … ‘#+END_COMMENT’ will not
be exported.

But this is only true if the said region starts a line.

In the following

#+TITLE: Test

text #+BEGIN_COMMENT comment 1 #+END_COMMENT text

text
#+BEGIN_COMMENT comment 2 #+END_COMMENT text

only comment 2 is treated as a comment. It exports (e.g. C-e A) as

text #+BEGIN_COMMENT comment 1 #+END_COMMENT text

text

Also, org-toggle-comment does not work for making inline comments by using it on regions and comment-region does not even create a comment.

So, how can I make inline comments in Org-mode?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Jonathan Leech-Pepin’s comment on your question on \printbibliography gave me an idea. You can use a macro for inline comments. Note that you need trailing space after the comment definition.

    #+macro: comment  

...

{{{comment(here is a comment)}}}

    EDIT: Since this is supposed to be a macro odd input may screw things up. I’m a little surprised that

    {{{comment(here is a)}} comment)}}}

    works for me, although

    {{{comment(here is a comment) more}}}

    does not. I would assume that anything other than fairly simple text would be fairly fragile if they decide to change the way they parse macros in the future.

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