not so great feature

[miguel lisboa]

i've eclipse 3 and it has a add/remove block comment; but after adding a block comment if i use "format", then all formatting inside my block comment gets spoiled.

does anyone knows how to turn this around?

thanks in advance

[Stefan Willi]

Hy!
You can configure, how Eclipse formats your document. By default, Eclipse also formats your comments.

Go to:
Windows > Preferences > Java > Code Style

There you can edit a profile for Code-Formating. Under the Tab-Page Comments, you can disable or customize the formating of your comments.

Hope it's helpfull

Stefan

[miguel lisboa]

here's what i mean:
at start:

 protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
//super.tearDown();
} 

after source->add block comment:

 /*protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
//super.tearDown();
}*/ 

after source->format:

 /*
 * protected void tearDown() throws Exception { //super.tearDown(); }
 */ 

after source->remove block comment

  * protected void tearDown() throws Exception { //super.tearDown(); } 

[Stefan Willi]

The good message: I can reproduce your problem.

The bad one: I havn't another advice rather than cutsomizing code formating or use line comments.

stefan

[miguel lisboa]

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

I agree with Stefan. The easiest approach is to use line comments.