Project: Eclipse_Platform_UI
Bug 3970 [preferences] UI needed to define the default line delimiters for new files (1GFIOAX)
Reported: 2001-10-10 23:03:53 | Status: verified fixed

When creating a new file we currently use the line delimiter returned form System.getProperties("line.delimiter"). But this is not whay a user always wants. Consider the following sceanrio: - Unix and Windows work station used to develop a Unix product / program. - the Windows work stations are used as X terminals and to run Eclipse (since PC are cheaper than Unix boxes). - even if the new file is created on Windows it should have Unix line delimiters since the end product is a Unix product. There should be a UI (Preference) to define the line delimiter for new files. Possible values are: - Dos / Windows - Mac - Unix - default platform line delimiter. The UI should be provided by the Workbench since all plugins should use the same line delimiter for new files. NOTES:

Files changed in fix:
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/IDEWorkbenchMessages.java bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/LineDelimiterEditor.java bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/dialogs/IDEEditorsPreferencePage.java bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/dialogs/ResourceInfoPage.java