[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Eclipse workbench question (Open non-workspa

["Amit D. Chaudhary" <amitch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric,

Thanks for the reply. I just wanted to be sure.

Amit

Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Amit D. Chaudhary wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have 2 eclipse workbench questions, could not find this in help file 
> > or in the newsgroup archives.
> >
> > 1. How to open non-workspace files opened in previous session.
> > Say I was editing\viewing a file ~/.bashrc not in any of my projects 
> > in the workspace. Now, I close eclipse and reopen it, this and similar 
> > files are not reopened. So, I end up manually reopening each one or 
> > creating a fake project and adding files with a link to the actual 
> > file on the filesystem.
> > Any way to make it happen automatically?
> >
> > 2. Can I create a new file without adding it to a current project 
> > directly?
> > Right now, I do a 'touch filename' in a shell and then open it.
>
>
> I'm pretty sure neither of those features are available currently. You 
> have to realize that Eclipse is a project-centric environment and even 
> the ability to open an external file was a somewhat recent addition.
>
> If you'd like, you can look for feature requests similar to what you're 
> asking at the Eclipse Bugzilla site: http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs
>
> HTH,
>     Eric