So, the scala-ide site states the following:
After installing the plugin one needs to add the Scalastyle configuration of the Scala IDE. This can easily be done
in Window → Preferences → Scalastyle → Browse/Add, where the configuration can be found at <path-to-scala-ide>/org.scala-ide.sdt.core/scala-ide-style-config.xml.
The Scalastyle builder is already added to all projects that should be checked, thus no further configuration is required.
However, since the page I am referencing is about the scala-ide plugin, perhaps there is not such path as <path-to-scala-ide>/org.scala-ide.sdt.core/. At least not that I can find (I installed scala-eclipse, not the plugin). Still, my question remains, why doesn't the "add" feature work? Should I create new and copy and paste the downloaded scala-style-config? This seems to force me to create one in each project, not a global config. It is not very DRY to have multiple copies of the config, one for each project, when they would all be the same.