It's probably worth noting (although I'd heard CFB did this out of the box?) that you *can* associate Eclipse with a file type on the OS, so opening said file type works the way it works with normal applications.
I can download a cfml file and double-click on it, and have it open in CFEclipse. Network paths work the same way, click, click, boom. I incorporated this into CFEclipse, but you can add the EclipseCall plugin to CFB if it really doesn't have the ability. HIH! :Den -- Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood. Soren Kierkegaard On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Sean Corfield wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Brad Wood wrote: >> One of the most common scenarios for me is when I've downloaded some bit of >> code or UDF off the Internet. Since it's not part of any actual site yet >> and probably laying on my desktop in a zip file, I'll just want to quickly >> open it up and read through it to see if I feel like using it or just want >> to delete it. > > Don't need a project for that. You can just open the files from the File view. > >> My 2nd most common scenario is usually some bit of javascript or HTML code >> that I have copied and wish to toss in a temporary .html file and quickly >> edit for the sake of veiwing in a browser. > > You'd need to do in an existing project (I have a scratch project for > such purposes based on my default webroot). > >> My 3rd scenario is the very handy HTML and XML code formatted from Homesite. >> I would regularly use Homsite to open random config files off my hard drive >> for formatting that had nothing to do with the web. So, sometimes I will >> want to use a feature of the editor on a random text file. > > Could use File view to open files (so you don't need a project) and > I'm pretty sure HTML / XML formatting is built in (to CFBuilder). > >> And my 4th scenario is the rare occasion that I would need to open a file >> directly off one of my staging or production servers via a >> UNC file path. Loading hundreds of megs of code over a network into a >> project just to deal with one file is not really an option. > > Again, File view works for that. > > Thanx for sharing the scenarios. I find it very interesting to hear > how other developers work since we all have strong preferences > regarding our workflows :) > > Of course, I'm on a Mac so Homesite/CFS has never been an option but > I've used a lot of different editors / IDEs over the years... > -- > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret At > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334245 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
