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+1  Q: 

How can I auto-fill a paragraph in Eclipse?

I would like to auto-fill a paragraph to 80 characters (or some other fixed width) in Eclipse. Is this possible via a keyboard command like in Emacs? Or is there maybe a plugin (I did not find anything on google)?

Edit: I am not sure if this is relevant, but I need this for docstrings in Python code (using the PyDev plugin).

+2  A: 

Highlight the text, then press Ctrl-Shift-F, or open the context menu and select Source / Format.

Jon Skeet  2009-03-13 16:08:40
Unfortunately this doesn't work in my case (Python project with PyDev in Eclipse 3.4.2). Maybe it's because of PyDev?
nikow  2009-03-13 16:14:14
Could be. I suspect it's context sensitive... I've always used it in Java. I'll keep this answer here, at least for the moment, for the sake of posterity...
Jon Skeet  2009-03-13 16:19:39
Yes, the answer should stay. At least I now know that this might be due to a shortcoming of PyDev.
nikow  2009-03-13 16:29:31
Note that unlike the sophisticated command Emacs provides, this Eclipse command apparently only adds line breaks and never removes them -- it's better than nothing, but it doesn't really save very much work when trying to fix formatting after editing a comment.
Porculus  2010-08-20 00:55:44
@Porculus: Hmm... it works fine in Java, adding or removing line breaks as required with no problems. What context are you talking about?
Jon Skeet  2010-08-20 06:20:41
+2  A: 

You can wrap the paragraph in Pydev with Ctrl+2+w (see Pydev keybindings at: http://pydev.org/manual_adv_keybindings.html)

Fabio Zadrozny  2010-01-06 22:31:20
Great, thanks! I don't know how I missed that.
nikow  2010-01-07 11:48:28

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