[rules-dev] A checklist for Configuring Eclipse/IntelliJ is in the README.txt file

I've documented a checklist for configuring eclipse and/or IntelliJ in the trunk/README.txt file. Feel free to change or expand it as you see fit. Please take a moment of your time to check this stuff, so you can avoid the following headaches: - tabs VS spaces (not just in java but also in XML): merge problems - encoding: wierd bugs (especially with translated text that contains ë, ç or €) + merge problems - line endings: wierd bugs (with regex find/replaces, ...) + merge problems - license correctly: legally Configuring Eclipse =================== Code style ---------- Correct number of spaces for tabs: - Open menu "Window", menu item "Preferences". - Open tree item "Java", tree item "Code Style", tree item "Formatter". -- If you imported the trunk/eclipse-formatter.xml file, you don't need to set it here, but you do need to set it for XML anyway! -- Click button "Edit" of the active profile -- Tab "Indentation" --- Combobox "Tab policy": spaces only --- Indentation size: 4 --- Tab size: 4 -- If it is a build in profile, you need to change its name with the textfield on top - Open tree item "XML", tree item "XML Files", tree item "Editor". -- Radio button "Indent using space": on -- Indentation size: 2 Correct file encoding (UTF-8 except for properties files) and EOL (unix): - Open menu "Window", menu item "Preferences". - Open tree item "General", tree item "Workspace". -- Label "Text file encoding", radiobutton "Other", combobox "UTF-8" -- Label "New text file delimiter", radiobutton "Other", combobox "Unix" - Open tree item "XML", tree item "XML Files". -- Combobox "Encoding": ISO 10646/Unicode(UTF-8) - Open tree item "CSS", tree item "CSS Files". -- Combobox "Encoding": ISO 10646/Unicode(UTF-8) - Open tree item "HTML", tree item "HTML Files". -- Combobox "Encoding": ISO 10646/Unicode(UTF-8) - Note: i18n properties files must be in ISO-8859-1 as specified by the java ResourceBundle contract. License header -------------- Eclipse JEE Helios currently has no build-in support of license headers, but you can configure it for new files. - Open menu "Window", menu item "Preferences". - Open tree item "Java", tree item "Code Style", tree item "Copy templates". -- Open tree item "Comments", tree item "Files". -- Replace the text area with this: /* * Copyright 2010 JBoss Inc * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ -- Do not start or end with a newline character -- Update the year (2010) every year. Configuring IntelliJ ==================== Code style ---------- Correct number of spaces for tabs: - Open menu "File", menu item "Settings". - Open tree item "Code Style", tree item "General". - Open tab "Java" -- Checkbox "Use tab character": off -- Textfield "Tab size": 4 -- Textfield "Indent": 4 -- Textfield "Continuation indent": 8 - Open tab "XML" -- Checkbox "Use tab character": off -- Textfield "Tab size": 2 -- Textfield "Indent": 2 -- Textfield "Continuation indent": 4 Correct file encoding (UTF-8 except for properties files) and EOL (unix): - Open menu "File", menu item "Settings". - Open tree item "Code Style", tree item "General". -- Combobox "Line seperator (for new files)": Unix - Open tree item "File Encodings". -- Combobox "IDE Encoding": "UTF-8" -- Combobox "Default encoding for properties files": ISO-8859-1 License header -------------- - Open menu "File", menu item "Settings". - Open tree item "Copyright", tree item "Copyright profiles". - Add Copyright profile -- Textfield name: JBoss Inc -- Fill this into the text area: Copyright $today.year JBoss Inc Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -- Do not start or end with a newline character - Open tree item "Copyright" -- Combobox "Default project copyright": JBoss Inc -- With kind regards, Geoffrey De Smet