I'm using Eclipse version:
Oxygen.3a Release (4.7.3a)
Build id: 20180405-1200
After checking "Show line numbers" in Windows -> Preferences - General - Editors - Text Editors line numbers appear in editor However, after closing Eclipse and re-opening the same workspace, this settings is lost. No line numbers are shown, and "Show line numbers" is not checked. For some reason my eclipse is not saving this settings.
I assume it's a bug but i was looking for some workaround. I tried adding to the project's org.eclipse.ui.editors.prefs file the following line:
lineNumberRuler=true
but that did not fix the problem. Once Eclipse starts with that workspace, the above line is changed to lineNumberRuler=false. When I set it again it is erased from the file.
The above file, in my workspace contains the following:
eclipse.preferences.version=1
overviewRuler_migration=migrated_3.1
spacesForTabs=true
I don't know what's the meaning of the overviewRuler_migration property, but deleting it from the file and restarting eclipse did not help.
Is there any way to get the Save line number setting to not be lost after each close-reopen of the workspace? i don't want to revert to an older release of eclipse, and i don't want to install a newer version of eclipse unless this has been fixed in it, if it's indeed a bug.
thanks
I don't know what caused my problem, but comparing it to another workspace that was working ok, i noticed the workspace i described above had a folder called ".recommenders". I don't know how it got created or what it's purpose is but deleting it solved my problem and i haven't noticed anything i need missing