Eclipse: Automatic line wrapping to specified width

Question

I\'d like for my lines, especially within comments, to be automatically managed so they don\'t get too long.

I remember once I had a configuration for vim

Answer 1

The automatic formatting of Eclipse great no question.

If your comments are reformatted depends on what comment type and how you already have inserted line breaks.

Writing for example one very long line comment starting with // will be broken down by the formatter into multiple lines.

However you later edit the formatted lines - e.g. delete parts of it the formatter will leave them as they are. Only over-long lines will be changed.

Just in difference to block comments like this: /* comment */ Those comments will always be re-formatted in case the line is too short or too long.