WebBiscuit

I’ve recently started developing using the Eclipse IDE for a Top Secret (TS) Project (nothing to do with Android development at all, no…), and while I do like it very much the formatting has been driving me crazy.

I am used to C++ and C# coding, and I like white space. White space makes me happy. I like to write code that looks like this:

class AmazingClass
{
    void EatBiscuit()
    {
        if(m_MyBiccy == digestive)
        {
            // Run crumb management module
        }
        else
        {
           // Something involving a jammy dodger
        }
    }
}

This is the Visual Studio way. It looks nice. Now this is the Eclipse default format:

class AmazingClass{
    void EatBiscuit(){
        if(m_MyBiccy == digestive){
            // Run crumb management module
        }else{
           // Something involving a jammy dodger
        }
    }
}

Exactly the same thing, but squished into a nasty format. Luckily, Eclipse allows you to modify the formatting settings. So I went through each of them, and placed white space wherever I felt it was missing. As a result, the IDE now generates lovely-looking code again. My enter key gets a break from all of my angry bashing! So with me and the keyboard happy; Webbiscuit fans, you can be happy too!

Download eclipse_to_vs XML settings.

Above is this settings XML file. To install, unzip and within Eclipse go to Project->Properties->Formatter…and navigate to the XML file. White space should then be magically returned to your screen!

Find this screen under Project->Properties