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Our Java code style has a maximum line width for comments of 255. While I'm fine with this value (I hate when automatic formatting wraps comments), I sometimes want to (hard) wrap a paragraph manually to improve readability (like the Emacs fill-paragraph command does):

Is there a plugin that allows to wrap a line with a specified max width, e.g. 72, similar to what Ctrl+Shift+F does with the maximum line width for comments (in my case 255)?

Note: I'm not looking for soft wrap as covered by question Eclipse: Automatic line wrapping to specified width.

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There ain't such a plugin, as eclipse will always reformat your specific wrapped code again with CTRL-SHIFT-F.

Though at least you are able to prevent Eclipse from formatting your code & comments with a special comment: @formatter.

// @formatter:off

... 

// @formatter:on
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  • We have now deactivated comment formatting altogether, to prevent destroying hard wrapped comments. There seems to be a bug with the 'never join line' option when there are `

    `s in the javadoc comment...

     – pesche Feb 26 '14 at 13:46