[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Changing default preferences/settings

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/24/2009 2:26 PM, Jason Kolter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm setting up a shared multi-user install of Eclipse at work, and I was
> wondering if I can set the default preferences that everyone will start
> with. I know it is possible to export the "standard" preferences I've
> created and baseline those, but I would like to avoid forcing everyone
> to import those into each workspace.
>
> For example, I have custom things like Java code, comment, and formatter
> preferences to match our program standards, and I would like that to be
> the default when a user creates a new workspace.
>
> Is there anyway to do this besides import/export?

Have you considered the option of making those settings on a per-project 
basis and checking in the resulting .settings directory with your source 
code? That way, each project will automatically have the settings 
applied without relying on the user to import anything or be using your 
"blessed" install.

Hope this helps,
Eric