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| Summary: | Eclipse forgets about environment variable for project. | ||
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| Product: | [Eclipse Project] Platform | Reporter: | Veli Can Erdem <canvelierdem> |
| Component: | IDE | Assignee: | Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | enhancement | ||
| Priority: | P3 | CC: | canvelierdem, eclipse |
| Version: | 4.17 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows 10 | ||
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So apparently per stackoverflow answer it directly requires a file etc selected but it is so counterintuitive to pass cmd-line something that is per selection, especially a mouse one. workspace_loc worked much better. When creating an Externals Tools configuration, the working directory is empty. To set the working directory to "${project_loc}" you have to hit the "Variables..." button which opens a dialog where you have to select the "project_loc" variable while the following description for "project_loc" is shown:
"Returns the absolute file system path of a resource's project. The target resource is the selected resource when no argument is specified, or the resource identified by a workspace relative path."
To set working directory to a project (sub-)folder you do not need to know anything about variables. Just hit the "Browse Workspace..." button and choose the folder.
I have no idea what can be done to enhance this in your case (how did you set the working directory to "${project_loc}" and why did you not use the "Browse Workspace..." button?). Please tell exactly what should be enhanced or close this bug as INVALID or as WORKSFORME.
Asked as Stack Overflow question here:
https://stackoverflow.com/q/65254356
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Hello, Severity: Normal because may not be reproducible in other instances. Otherwise a major tool break I think. Reproduction: Start Eclipse. Run External Configuration. OR[Terminate, Remove Launch, Remove All Terminated Launches] Try running any configuration again. Solution: Click into any entity in: OR[Package Explorer, anything in opened file screen, such as code screen] Example configuration: Name: run_xxxxxx Location: ${env_var:JAVA_HOME}/bin/javaw.exe Working Directory ${project_loc} Arguments: -Xms1024m -Xmx1024M -jar SOME_PATH_TO_JAR