subcomments.py

def get_comment(view, pt):
    """
    Ripped from Sublime's Default.comment.py to find comment convention
    """

    shell_vars = view.meta_info("shellVariables", pt)
    if not shell_vars:
        return ([], [])

    # transform the list of dicts into a single dict
    all_vars = {}
    for v in shell_vars:
        if 'name' in v and 'value' in v:
            all_vars[v['name']] = v['value']

    line_comments = []
    block_comments = []

    # transform the dict into a single array of valid comments
    suffixes = [""] + ["_" + str(i) for i in range(1, 10)]
    for suffix in suffixes:
        start = all_vars.setdefault("TM_COMMENT_START" + suffix)
        end = all_vars.setdefault("TM_COMMENT_END" + suffix)

        if start and end is None:
            line_comments.append((start,))
        elif start and end:
            block_comments.append((start, end))

    return (line_comments, block_comments)