eclipse-wildwebdeveloper / eclipse-wildwebdeveloper/wildwebdeveloper
Format file (CTRL-SHIFT-F) does not honor project EOL
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Description
I have a project with windows text line delimiter ('\r\n').
when I open an .html file with the "Generic text editor" and I format the file, the EOL is transformed in the unix one ('\n')
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the Generic text editor by opening an .html file from a project configured with Windows CRLF line endings and invoking CTRL-SHIFT-F. Trace the formatting entry point and verify that formatting preserves the project's EOL setting rather than converting it to Unix LF.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html, java
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100