Copy and paste in Eclipse adds window newlines at the end of each pasted line

Question

I am using Eclipse (Version: Indigo Service Release 2) on Mac OS X (10.7) with PHP Development Tools and Aptana Studio 3 Plugin.

In Preferences > General > Workspace I h

Answer 1

I had exactly the same annoying problem. After some research and experimentation I think I found the source of the bug and a workaround.

Observations on my set up (Eclipse 3.7.2, PDT 3.0.0, no aptana):

• it only occurred for me in PHP files inside the <?php ?> delimiters.
• it only occurred when pasting while the cursor is somewhere on a line with only whitespace. After pasting, all whitespace was removed.
• When there was a non whitespace character on the line, it did not occur. When pasting in front of the non-whitespace character, the whitespace in front of the character was however removed.

This behavior felt like an issue with automatic indentation handling, so I tried dis-/enabling indentation related options. Disabling the following option fixed it for me:

PHP > Editor > Typing > When pasting adjust indentation

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