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| <H1 CLASS="Head"> Setting the content type of a file extension</H1> |
| <P CLASS="Para">CVS repositories distinguish between files that contain ASCII |
| data and those that do not. For ASCII files, additional helpful functionality |
| is available to the user. This includes:</P> |
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| <li>Proper end of line conversion between the client and the server. This ensures |
| that a Windows user and a UNIX user can work on the same file without introducing |
| incompatibilities.</li> |
| <li>Auto merging of conflicts. If a file contains both incoming and outgoing |
| changes but none on the same line as another, then the file may be automatically |
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| <p class="Para">Certain file types invariably contain either ASCII data or binary |
| data. For example, *.txt files usually contain ASCII data, and *.exe files usually |
| contain binary data. Eclipse comes with a pre-defined set of file types, which |
| you may add to or modify.</p> |
| <P CLASS="Para">To set the content type associated with a file extension: </P> |
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| <li>From the main menu bar, select <b>Window > Preferences</b> to open the |
| Workbench Preferences dialog.</li> |
| <li>In the dialog, select the<b> Team > File Content</b> preference page. |
| This page displays a list of file extensions and content type (ASCII or Binary) |
| for file extensions whose content type is known.</li> |
| <li> |
| <p CLASS="Para">To add a file extension, click the <b>Add</b> button and enter |
| the file extension in the text prompt that appears. Once <b>OK</b> is clicked, |
| the extension will be added to the list with a content type of ASCII. |
| </li> |
| <li>To change the content type for an existing file extension, select the file |
| extension entry and click the <b>Change</b> button. This will toggle the type |
| from ASCII to Binary or vice versa.</li> |
| <li>To remove a file extension, select the file extension entry and click the |
| <b>Remove</b> button.<br> |
| </li> |
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