How do I stop Eclipse (EPIC Perl) from adding DOS CR/LF to my Perl scripts?

Question

I use Eclipse on Windows to edit files on a remotely mounted Linux SMB share.

Coupled with Samba's stubborn opposition to on-the-fly mapping, Eclipse's insistence on CR/LF creates a real headache with Perl scripts.

Any workarounds?

How slow is this compared with a local drive? – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Oct 15 '10 at 11:57 — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Oct 15 '10 at 11:57
@Thorbjørn, it's actually extremely fast. – Alex R Nov 11 '10 at 01:57 — Alex R, Nov 11 '10 at 01:57

score 33 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 12 '09 at 18:39

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In Eclipse, the end-of-line sequence setting can be found under Window > Preferences > General > Workspace > "New text file line delimiter".

edited Dec 12 '09 at 18:39

brian d foy

answered Dec 12 '09 at 07:30

mob

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Thank you. Got that one. I also happened to find another setting - (Team > CVS > Files and Folders > Convert text files to use platform line ending) that might have been the root cause of my particular problem. – Alex R Dec 13 '09 at 14:48
Eclipse once again excels in it's infinite and unfathomable ways. A random walk through the UI of Eclipse must be very close to how it actually is to develop it. One can only mesmerized look at how it's become one of the most widely used IDEs with some awe. If there is such a thing as tirrany of the masses (and it's not communism), then this must be it. – Jonas Byström Jan 27 '14 at 08:38

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 05 '14 at 12:52

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I just stumbled upon an easy way of fixing these problems when you run into someone else's code that has them.

In Eclipse Kepler (and later), use the menu item File > Convert Line Delimiters To.

In previous versions of Eclipse, you have to user Source > Format. It'll reformat the code, which includes replacing CR/LFs with LFs.

edited Feb 05 '14 at 12:52

rob74

answered Jul 15 '10 at 16:36

Eli

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by far the easiest solution if you use Eclipse. – philipp May 09 '12 at 22:07

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 08:44

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Or maybe you just have to uncheck this flag :
Window/Preferences/General/Editors/Text Editors/Show whitespace characters

answered Oct 08 '15 at 08:44

Assem BARDI

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