Description Ed Burnette 2003-11-25 23:17:26 EST

When I install Visual Studio, it associates all my .cpp, .java, and other 
files with VS so that when I double-click on them, VS opens (if it's not 
already open) and edits the file. Many other programs work this way, and I 
want the same thing to be possible with Eclipse.

The Fileopen plugin (eclipsepowered.org) sort of supports this for Eclipse 2.1 
but it requires Eclipse to already be open so it is of limited usefulness. 
Also this plugin doesn't supply any file icons or do the associations for you 
so it's hard to set up - I wrote the thing and I don't even use that part of 
it myself.

If there is more than one workbench up on the desktop, then I don't care which 
one it uses as long as it's consistent and only opens it once. First started, 
last started, window on top, etc., doesn't matter.

If this is a multi-user machine, then obviously it shouldn't open files in 
other people's workbenches. This implies some kind of user-specific IPC, and 
not just "open port xx on localhost" like the way Fileopen works.

If the desktop/explorer file opened happens to be in the workspace, then the 
workspace file should be opened (with all that implies for markers, etc.).