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The unicode character '\u0020', which represents a space character, is shown as a space in the properties editor, but when the file is saved the unicode value is replaced with a white space. In addition to fixing this bug, I believe the unicode replacement should be an option that can be toggled as well as the collapsing of properties files from different locales under one. Example: Actual contents of the properties file: ############################################################################## # String constants ############################################################################## constant.space = '\u0020' What netbeans shows and writes to the file: ############################################################################## # String constants ############################################################################## constant.space = ' '
This has been already reported as issue #114870 ("Properties editor messes up unicode escape sequences for the 'space' character in properties files") and fixed. The fix will go to NetBeans 6.0 Beta 2. There is a binary patch applicable to Beta 1, it is attached to issue #111530. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 114870 ***