[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: contributing to org.eclipse.jface.text.templ

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tanya wrote:
> Hi, i am contributing a new file template for my custom editor.  the 
> extension point is org.eclipse.jface.text.templates
> and the template content is specified inside an xml file within my plugin
> everything works fine (preferences, variables are correctly resolved, 
> files are created based on template etc) except for one problem
> I can't get the line delimiters to respect the line delimiter 
> workspace preference.  the xml file is always parsed in using unix 
> line delimiters for non variable content inside the template example
> say i have a template
> //first comment //this should be the class declaration 
> ${class_declaration}
> {
>
> }
>
> the line break between comments and curly braces are always unix 
> encoded (i am working on os and the xml file was created on os x)
> is there a way to get around this?
When inserting a template we use the line delimiter that is already used 
in the file. If that's not what you see then please file a bug report 
against Platform Text and attach your template contribution.

Dani