Hi, we actually have an issue with development splitted between linux and windows based on the native line ending selection for new files.
There once was a plugin http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/36810/show-and-change-line-endings from Jan Lahoda, allowing to change the line endings used for editing. @Jan, do you still have the sources (seems the project was hosted on kenai) and would you be willing to donate them? I think this might be a good addition for Apache NetBeans Comments? -Sven