Bottom line - rather than reinventing the wheel - is anybody else actually using Eclipse and has a simple set-up guide for how they have configured things? Ideally for windows, but I'd like to pull this up on the Linux boxes as well. If I'm going to have to start working on extension code it's easier on the linux box anyway and then I can cross test on windows.
I guess I have another option for you: use cygwin's cvs client. When you checkout, it translates the EOLs to windows style, and when you commit it translates the EOLs back to unix. This way you can code in any editor you want, but without surprises when doing diffs and when commiting.
Nuno