When programming in Eclipse CDT (neon), I have noticed that every time I make a file that is with the extension.out it automatically changes to a binary file. I'm not able to change that. Does anyone know how to fix this/why this is?
Image with the package explorer containing a regular txt file and a binary file:
The reason is that traditionally .out
has been the extension for executable files ("a.out" is file format and "a.out" is the default executable name for gcc if no -o
is given.)
If you do not use .out
as your file extension of choice for binary files, right-click on the file, choose Open With -> Other, choose your preferred editor and check Use it for all '.out' files" if desired:
You can also edit/update file types in Preferences -> General -> Editors -> File Associations: