Add support for resource outside of workspace

[cleibelt]

When a non-workspace file is opened, selection is empty and resource fetched is of wrong type. Often times when debugging, I step into a library file etc. that is not within workspace. I could not figure out how to get this to work.

To reproduce:
File > Open File > Right click on open file > StartExplorer > Start Shell in this Path > error

Event Details:
The current selection is an empty text selection, so the command was invoked for the resource opened in the editor. But the object fetched by event.getApplicationContext().getParent().getVariable("activeEditorInput") is not of expected type IFileEditorInput: org.eclipse.ui.ide.FileStoreEditorInput@6405b6ae

Session Data:
eclipse.buildId=M20120208-0800
java.version=1.6.0_27
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.rcp.product
Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.rcp.product

[basti1302]

In which case exactly do you see this? When the editor shows a class from a Jar file? Are you even working with Java? What exactly do you mean with "library file"?

A screenshot would be quite helpful here, I think.

Assuming that you are talking about class files in external Jar files: I can reproduce your problem for this case and I could also provide a fix for this. Could you verify that the fix works for you before I publish a bug-fix version?

[cleibelt]

Hi Bastian,

Thanks for the prompt reply. Sorry for the confusion. I am working with python and was referring to a standalone/non-archive file ie. python module file *.py in the file system as an example. The test case can be applied to any standalone file type. So, create a file foo.txt on your desktop. Then open the file from eclipse. Right click to perform StartExplorer command and observe the problem.

Thanks again!

[basti1302]

Okay, understood. Fix coming.

[basti1302]

Fix is included in version 1.5.1. I would appreciate if you could verify that this solves your issue and give feedback here.

[cleibelt]

The fix solves the issue. Thanks for all your work and quick turn around. I use this feature often.