[Keith Fetterman]

A new file “.struts-config.mex” appeared in my Struts project. Eclipse doesn’t know what the extenstion “.mex” is so it has tagged it as “binary” in my CVS module. Does it matter if Eclipse stores this as binary into CVS or should I identify “.mex” to Eclipse so that this saved in CVS as an ASCII file (Preferences > Team > File Content)?

We have both Linux and Windows workstations sharing the Eclipse projects out of CVS.

Thanks,

[Riyad Kalla]

The mex file is actually just an XML file that contains the positions of the nodes (so your custom positioning isn’t thrown out each time), but checking it in as binary is fine if you have already done so.

[Keith Fetterman]

I decided to put it in a .cvsignore file. Do you think this is a file that would normally be shared between developers?

[Scott Anderson]

Only if you want the graphical view of the file layed out the same in everyone’s workbench. Otherwise each developer can arrange it as they like.

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