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One feature of jalopy that netbeans formatter really misses is the possibility to have multiple formatting sets. Working on various projects -each with their formatting rules- i have ended not using formatter anymore and doing it all by hand. In fact, it was so tedious to change formatting rules each time i was swapping projects that i lose more time than going 'the long way'. For that option to be useful, there is also a need to import/export format preferences, so that each and every projects that want formatting to be consistent can have the format file within cvs.
First part of this issue (per project formatting settings) has been implemented for 6.5, but the second part (import/export) would still cover a few common use-cases and would be very useful.
Import/export is wanted also for other settings. If you are about to implement this feature for formatting setting, consider some general UI concept which fits in Tools>Options dialog (see issue 42157).
Import/Export of formatting settings sounds very useful. It would be nice to import a set, name it something like 'my code settings 1', and then in a specific project properties window, pick the named set to apply to the project. casting my vote for this. love to see it in NB7.
Overtake.