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| Re: Is Line Break the only difference between "Correct Indentation" and "Format" [message #662465 is a reply to message #662412] |
Wed, 30 March 2011 17:36   |
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On 30-Mar-11 09:06, androidev@gmx.com wrote:
> I still consider myself an Eclipse newbie. It's HUGE and I am learning
> new things every day... 8)
> I just discovered the wonders of 'Context menu > Source > Format' and
> 'Context menu > Source > Correct Indentation' and my observation is that
> the only difference is that 'Format' breaks lines that are longer than
> some setting while 'Correct Indentation' doesn't.
>
> Are there any other differences that I missed?
I'm not completely certain what you're after here, but I'll take a stab.
In Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter, you can change the
default way source code is formatted by shipping Eclipse, save those
changes to an XML file of your own, and/or import your own or another's
saved file.
Then, when you do [ Context menu -> ] Source -> Format, that fixes up
the file (or, if "context menu", the highlighted block) to conform to
the code style in force.
So, what happens when you choose to "reformat" your code depends on a)
what the source code looked like to begin with and b) what the
formatting rules in effect have to say about it.
I use this feature because, like many, I have religious preferences and,
unlike most, what Eclipse ships with doesn't come close to what I want.
When I collaborate, however, I don't change any formatting because that
wrecks havoc in whatever source code-control system I'm using.
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