[news.eclipse.newcomer] Importing project imports too many files

[Gary Feldman <void@xxxxxxx>]

I've been using PyDev in Eclipse for a while, and I still don't have a handle on projects.  I think I've figured out that workspaces have nothing to do with source and don't belong in the source tree, so I created a new workspace using the Switch Workspace menu item (there doesn't seem to be any New Workspace item).  I then imported an existing (PyDev) project, expecting it to show up in the Navigation pane exactly the way it looked in the previous workspace.  But instead, it picked up a number of temporary files that were in the directory, but weren't in the project in the previous workspace.  It didn't pick up the .pyc files, thankfully, but it's still a pain?

Is this a bug or a feature?  If it's a feature, then why?  If it's a bug, is a bug in PyDev or in Eclipse proper?  

Either way, is there an easy way to get those files out of the project without deleting them?  Or do I need to move them aside, remove the project and reimport it into the workspace, and then move them back where I want them?

Thanks,

Gary