How do I turn off '*' in multi-line comments in Eclipse?

Question

When coding with Eclipse, how do you turn off the \"*\" comments that come up when you start a multi-line comment?

Instead of seeing this,

/**
* Here is          


        

Answer 1

With eclipse 4.2.1 I used the formatter off / on feature, be sure to not have the formatter on tag on the same line as the comments tag other wise the stars nightmare will be back.

// @formatter:off
/*
Eclipse your * are messing up my comments big time and If I used you
more often I'd put a patch together to add back in the "Add Leading Star" option 
*/
// @formatter:on

The on/off features have to be turned "on" in Eclipse preferences: Java > Code Style > Formatter. Click on "Edit" button, "Off/On Tags", check off "Enable Off/On tags".

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How to turn off the Eclipse code formatter for certain sections of Java code?

Also. I change the tags to //off //on for ease of use

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