On 06/07/2017 00:18, Mike Morris wrote: > On 07/04/2017 11:47 PM, Burkhard Schilling wrote: >> Oh sorry, i mean: "add new source Directory" . is it what you need? > > Certainly sounds like it, doesn't it? But it's not... this does not > actually add a Directory; it will find any source files in the specified > (pre-existing) directory, and add them to the Project. But, no, it does > not actually create a directory. > > Right-click's "New package" *DOES* create a directory, but it has two > side effects which are not always desirable: > > * Adding the directory to the Project (not what I want when creating > dirs for project management, obsolete versions, dev notes, etc) > * Creating an __init__ file in the directory... a minor annoyance > since it's zero bytes, but could conceivably cause mischief by > adding a package to the namespace unintentionally. > > Right now I'm just using OS tools to create new, non-package dirs... I'm > just surprised that eric doesn't appear to support that directly... > > Thanks, > > MikeM > One trick that works in most IDEs and on most platforms is to create a new file, start editing that file, click "File->Save As" and in the resulting dialogue go to the parent directory that you wish to add a new directory to and then right click and select New->Directory then type in the name of the new directory. This will create a new directory even if you then select cancel on the file save dialogue.
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