[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Setting default classpath folders

[wegener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Wegener)]

You can copy existing launch configurations from the Run/Debug dialog.  
Select a launch config that is alread setup, right click and select 
Duplicate.  You will have to enter test case specific information however, 
so this may not help you.

Barry Svee wrote:

> I'm at a client site where most of the people use IDEA and with that tool 
> they can add folders to their classpath, which are required in order to 
> run their applications and JUnit tests. When I use Eclipse, I have to 
> manually set up each JUnit test and application with its own configuration 
> and add an extra classpath folder under "User Entries", otherwise their 
> framework cannot find the necessary resources. 

> This is a pain having to click through all of the menus to set up the two 
> classpath folders. I cannot add these to the build path or include 
> environment variables with the path, otherwise the build chokes.

> Is there any way that I can add folders that are always included by 
> default in the runtime/debug classpath? Again, it is not possible to add 
> them to the build classpath without making Eclipse halt building the 
> project.

> Thanks!