Comments in .exrc?

[Robert Hartman]

In article <26748 at adm.brl.mil> RSS%CALSTATE.bitnet at vm.usc.edu (Richard S. Smith) writes:
>Here's an interesting one:  I'm looking for a way to selectively
>comment out certain lines in my .exrc file.  ...
>
>Richard Smith - RSS at CALSTATE.BITNET

It isn't documented, but in some versions of ex the double-quote in the
leftmost column is, I believe, taken as a comment.

-r