Description Ben Christensen 2004-02-17 16:48:22 EST

When blank lines are left inside a method, or for example in the field definitions, the code formatter 
still removes them and places them all together, regardless of whether I've set the properties:
 Number of empty lines to preserver = 10
and
 Preserve existing line breaks = true

Example:

public class MyClass {

private int ONE =1;
private int TWO = 2;

private int THREE = 3;
private int FOUR = 4;


 private void myMethod() {
  int myNewInt = FOUR+TWO;

  System.out.println("FOUR+TWO: " + myNewInt);
 }
}

This would become the following even with a new profile set with the properties above. Note: I've set 
"blank lines after fields to 0" because I want to manage spacing myself.

public class MyClass {

private int ONE =1;
private int TWO = 2;
private int THREE = 3;
private int FOUR = 4;


 private void myMethod() {
  int myNewInt = FOUR+TWO;
  System.out.println("FOUR+TWO: " + myNewInt);
 }
}


Often, when I have complex field definitions of methods, I want to use spaces to organize the code ... 
but I can't now, and therefore Code Formatter ruins my entire file ... it worked fine up until 3.0M6, but 
M7 introduced the new formatter and I can't use it until this is remedied ... and it's a major annoyance 
to not be able to use code formatter.

Am I missing a setting that I need to use, do the two that I'm using just not work, or should there be 
another property?

Thanks


Ben