[eclipse-dev] just need a plain "open" command on the "file"

[philip dahlquist <dahlquist@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

i was thinking that it would be helpful to have an "open" command on the
"file" menu.

one that would open any file that you'd want to open in the editor.

there have been quite a few times when i have wanted to open an xml
file, a dtd file, and just now, a java file that wasn't in the project i
was doing, but it was in a subdirectory of the project folder, and i
couldn't open it.  i tried to "open external file" it. that didn't work.
i tried to import it. that didn't work. the source was in the hierarchy
of the destination.

it's frustrating and time-consuming to have to stop what you're doing
and open another application just to view a file. any file.

other than that, you guys have done an _unbelievable_ job. the
configurability is off the charts, the pop-ups are perfect, the
auto-complete rocks, and the error flags that come out during typing
rather than compiling save tons of time.  cvs is easy to configure.

i was able to make eclipse work the way i code, down to spaces and
newlines and parentheses and brackets.  so much for the "you should use
emacs" crowd.

i think everybody in my data structures class at the university of
maryland-college park uses it.  about a hundred students.

this thing chews up and spits out other i.d.e.s

well done guys/gals,
philip dahlquist