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When working with the Ant build script editor support, various layout/formatting changes are made to the script which are unacceptable. Examples include re-ordering of attributes (e.g. 'name' attr on task defs get shunted to end or attribute list) and deletion of whitespace (try putting an XML comment at the end of the script). This is a big problem in environments where NetBeans is not the only tool used for editting, particularly when version control is in use.
I know about these problems, but there is currently no general XML editing support in the IDE which would do 2-way conversion. So the current 2-way support in the Ant module is a quick fix using the Xerces serializer. It is not perfect. When XML 2-way is properly implemented in the IDE in general, the Ant module will use it.
*** Issue 31210 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Resolved for 3.3.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.
A mistakenly closed RESOLVED LATER/REMIND issue. Reopening.
Still awaiting XML module support.
*** Issue 41714 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Will just remove structural editing support in D, can't be fixed without XML tool support.
closed