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I spend some time customizing the colors for syntax highlighting in Eclipse (Java, JSP, HTML, CSS, etc.) but whenever I try to export these settings via File|Export|General|Preferences and reimport them, the settings never completely get imported back. Some colors are restored and others are left unchanged, leaving me in an 'in between' state - very frustrating.
I'm using Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede, by the way.
Has anyone found a reliable way to save and restore Eclipse syntax highlighting settings?
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Settings can be exported to a file using File -> Export -> Preferences, and you can import it to another Eclipse workspace.
The color and font settings can be configured from the Syntax Coloring preferences page, accessed from Window | Preferences | PHP | Editor | Syntax Coloring. Note: Syntax Coloring will also be available for JavaScript elements if JavaScript support was enabled for the project.
Select Window->Preferences->C/C++->Scalability->Disable syntax coloring in editor.
I finally figured out how to do this.
I just wanted to mention beforehand that I did try to start with a fresh Eclipse install, export the preferences to a .epf file, change just one single setting, export again, and compare the files. To my surprise, trying to import settings from a minimal .epf file did not work reliably either.
The solution that worked for me was to copy these files: {Eclipse workspace directory}/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/*.prefs
I tried a fresh Eclipse install on another machine and after copying those files over, all my settings were restored perfectly.
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