Common Desktop Environment: Help System Author's and Programmer's Guide

To Insert a Comment

    Use the comment begin marker (<!--) and end marker (-->) as shown:

<!-- text here is completely ignored --> 

The HelpTag software ignores all markup between the <!-- and -->. A comment cannot be nested within another comment.

Example

Here's an example that has two comments, a line before the paragraph, and a single word within the paragraph.

<!-- Here is my rough draft of the introduction: --> 
 Welcome to my application. This software
 is <!-- perhaps --> the fastest and most
 efficient software you'll ever own.