Best new feature in Eclipse 3.6 Helios
… is hidden away on the last tab of the Java Formatting Profile editor (Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter -> Edit).
They’ve finally (after nearly six years) added the ability to temporarily turn the code formatter off for a tricksy block that needs its own custom formatting. e.g.:
// @formatter:off
xml
.append( "<node id=’" )
.append( protein [...]