Is there a way to copy code from eclipse including ine numbers

Question

I am writing a little bit of documentation and code explanation. I would like to copy code from eclipse including line numbers, so that it becomes easier to reference the co

Answer 1

Since Eclipse 3.4 and bug 19602, you will print the line numbers if you have activated them on the Eclipse editor.

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Printing a source will give you:

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Answer 2

You can do it by printing a PDF of source file, then copying source with line numbers from the PDF document.

It works for me with eclipse PDT + CutePDF, it should also work with Acrobat PDF printer

Answer 3

Another not-so-clean work-around to achieve this. This is specific to the Subversive plug-in.

3 steps to follow:

1. Delete the piece of code you need to copy and save the source file.
2. Right click the file and chose option Team -> Create Patch.. and save it to a file, say copy.patch
3. Undo (Ctrl + Z) the changes to revert the deletion done in step 1 and save the source file again.

Open the patch file and use the contents.

This also includes the file-name (if desired) along with the line number and retains the indentation.