Patent ID: 7730466

Claim:
A method for manipulating source code of a program via a text editor of a system, comprising steps of: step 1, receiving a user-provided input, the input designating an identifier, the identifier including metadata; step 2, automatically associating a plurality of user-selected source code fragments of the program with the identifier; step 3, automatically adding a plurality of comment characters to the plurality of user-selected source code fragments associated with the identifier; step 4, executing the program by running remaining source code fragments of the program but not running the user-selected source code fragments; step 5, receiving a user-provided edit input, said edit input being applied to the plurality of user-selected code fragments for editing the program; step 6, receiving an additional user-provided input, the additional user-provided input undesignating the identifier; step 7, deleting the plurality of comment characters from each source code fragment of the plurality of source code fragments associated with the identifier, wherein at least two source code fragments of the plurality of source code fragments are non-adjacent, the identifier being designated via selection from a list of identifiers displayed via a context menu and via text entry; and step 8, executing the edited program.