Defining the format of an Ant script
To define the format of an Ant script, do these steps:
| Select Window Æ Preferences.
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| In the Preferences dialog, select and expand Ant.
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| In the Ant preferences dialog, you can specify the console colors (Figure | 5-7).
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Figure 25-7 Ant preferences
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| Expand the Ant folder and select Editor.
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In the Appearance tab, you can change the layout preferences of your Ant file.
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In the Syntax tab, you can change the syntax highlighting preferences with a preview of the results, and on the Problems tab you can define how certain problems should be handled.
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In the Problems tab, you can change the severity levels for the buildfile problems.
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In the Folding tab, you can enable folding when opening a new editor and specify which region types should be folded.
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| Expand Editor.
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In the Content Assist window, you can define the content assist preferences.
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In the Formatter window, you can define the preferences for the formatting tool for the Ant files.
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In the Templates window, you can create, edit, delete, import and export templates for Ant files.
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| Select Runtime.
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In this dialog, you can define your preferences such as classpath, tasks, types, and properties.