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Eclipse Bug #201116 update: Switch compare viewer for java files

I’ve submitted a patch (Attachment #77777 and a couple of screenshots ( Attachment #77774 y Attachment #77776) to Bug #201116. It’s only a preliminary work but it enables the user to select with contentMergeViewer to use with each FileType/ContentType. Now it’s only useful if you use my java formatting compare plugin. Currently the org.eclipse.compare [...]

Bug 201116 – Compare will silently discard additional contentMergeViewers associated with the same file extension

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Bug 201116 – Compare will silently discard additional contentMergeViewers associated with the same file extension a couple of days ago. As Szymon Brandys says eclipse should allow the user to switch between the differente merge viewer available for a given extension. He proposes two solutions:
1) Having a mechanishm inside the compare [...]

Eclipse Compare. Ignoring java formatting changes not only whitespace.

I met some difficulties dealing with the default eclipse java compare. I got involved on a project where everybody likes to commit code to CVS formatted their way, so comparing between CVS revisions is almost impossible.
So I decided to start investigating about Eclipse plugin development to make a Java Compare Viewer that not only [...]