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You may also try importing the this configuration file file (Import - General - Preferences). The file sets the correct values for those preferences marked with an asterisk. (*)

Editor Settings

• General -> Editors -> Text Editors
  • Check Insert spaces for tabs
  • Set Print margin column to 105
• General -> Workspace
  • Make sure the Text file encoding is set to UTF-8

Java Settings (*)

• Java -> Code Style -> Code Templates
  • Import this file to automatically add our license text to the start of every file
  • Check Automatically add comments for new methods and types
• Java -> Code Style -> Formatter
  • Import this file to make the formatter compatible with our Checkstyle settings
• Java -> Compiler
  • Set the Compiler compliance level to 1.5 (we want to stay compatible to Java 1.5)
• Java -> Compiler -> Building
  • Set No strictly compatible JRE for execution environment available to Ignore to avoid warnings

Checkstyle

• Checkstyle
  • Click New, type in the following values, and click OK:
    • Set Type to Remote Configuration
    • Set Name to KIELER Checks
    • Set Location to http://git.rtsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de/kieler/buildfiles/blobs/raw/master/scripts/checks.xml
    • Check Cache configuration file
  • Select the new configuration and click Set as Default

Git Settings

• Team -> Git -> Configuration
  • Check whether user name and email are configured in User Settings. If not, add two new entries:
    1. Key = user.name, Value = <your name>
    2. Key = user.email, Value = <your email address>