I just found the wonderful command Ctrl+I in Eclipse 3.2. A must to correct indentation and transform tabs to spaces after having set like indicated below.
Is somebody aware of a command/tool in Eclipse (or even off) able to get rid of useless spaces and tabs at end of lines ? Thanks Jacques ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:24 AM Subject: Spaces for tabs > Hi all, > > Willing to ease this redundant Spaces for Tabs format problem here is a text > I propose to put in > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices > > mixing informations from > http://groups.csail.mit.edu/uid/wiki/index.php?title=Getting_Started#Configure_Your_Development_Environment > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GMOxDEV/Developing+Geronimo+in+Eclipse > http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/ofbiz_eclipse.php > here are some updated help to allow using spaces in place of tabs in source > files in Eclipse 3. > > << > We don't want tab characters in text files in SVN, because different editors > and tools interpret tabs differently. All indentation > should be done purely with spaces. > To change tabs to spaces in Eclipse, change these preferences in Window -> > Preferences -> > 1. Java -> Code Style -> Code Formatter -> Show... -> Java Conventions > [built-in] -> Indentation, select Tab policy as "space > only". Enter a new name for this profile and click "OK". > 2. Java -> Editor -> Typing, and check "Insert spaces for tab". > 3. Ant -> Editor -> Formatter, and uncheck "Use tab character instead of > spaces". > 4. If you installed Colorer, Colorer Library Editor -> Uses spaces > instead of tabs. > 5. If you installed XML Buddy, XMLBuddy -> Formatting -> Uses spaces > instead of tabs. > 6. Unfortunaltely neither of the 2 main FreeMarker pluggin have similar > functionnality yet. So for FTL files you have to do that > manually with an external editor. > >> > > For point 6 I'm not sure if there is not a better way to do that in Eclipse > 3, any idea ? > > If some have time and experience maybe we could do the same thing for at > least NetBeans ? > > BTW, it seems that groups.csail.mit.edu has a way to avoid finding tabs in > source files : "Our Subversion repository will actually > reject commits that include tabs in text files, so you'd better fix this now, > or face pain later.". Could that possible in Apache > SVN ? > > Jacques
