# Nested block comments not displayed correctly

**URL:** <https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/nested-block-comments-not-displayed-correctly/1253>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/nested-block-comments-not-displayed-correctly/1253 "2017-05-22T23:06:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![janoonk](https://discuss.codemirror.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@janoonk](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/janoonk)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/nested-block-comments-not-displayed-correctly/1253/1 "2017-05-22T23:06:51Z")

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Nested blockcomments are not displayed correctly:  
 ![](https://discuss.codemirror.net/uploads/default/original/1X/7bf60740062ead3dfe9152bc90a5553ff56497f1.png)

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**Author:** ![marijn](https://discuss.codemirror.net/user_avatar/discuss.codemirror.net/marijn/32/136_2.png) [@marijn](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/marijn)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/nested-block-comments-not-displayed-correctly/1253/2 "2017-05-23T07:53:42Z")

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It might help if you say which language you’re working with. Most don’t support nesting of block comments.

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**Author:** ![janoonk](https://discuss.codemirror.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@janoonk](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/janoonk)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/nested-block-comments-not-displayed-correctly/1253/3 "2017-05-23T07:56:25Z")

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Sorry it’s SQL mode

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**Author:** ![marijn](https://discuss.codemirror.net/user_avatar/discuss.codemirror.net/marijn/32/136_2.png) [@marijn](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/marijn)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/nested-block-comments-not-displayed-correctly/1253/4 "2017-05-23T08:37:35Z")

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Added in [this patch](https://github.com/codemirror/CodeMirror/commit/9d1cc45d486b9b7deb263677af305553bced33ad)

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**Author:** ![janoonk](https://discuss.codemirror.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@janoonk](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/janoonk)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/nested-block-comments-not-displayed-correctly/1253/5 "2017-05-23T09:04:30Z")

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Thanks Marijn it works like a charm!